In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.