It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty?
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
Death is fortunate for the child, bitter to the youth, too late to the old.
Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent.