The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
It is folly to censure him whom all the world adores.
He who wrongs one threatens many.
Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.]