Fortune had favoured me in this war that I feared, the rather, that some tempest would follow so favourable a gale.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
Most people do not understand until old age what Plato tells them when they are young.
The crowns of kings do not prevent those who wear them from being tormented sometimes by violent headaches.
A fool cannot hold his tongue.
A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need.