It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
It is well for one to know more than he says.