Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye.
Bad nature never lacks an instructor.
Love's wounds can be healed only by the one who inflicts them.
You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.
The eye strays not while under the guidance of reason.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present.
Humility neither falls far, nor heavily.
Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it. -David Richo A rolling stone can gather no moss
It is well to moor your bark with two anchors.
How happy the life unembarrassed by the cares of business!
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
Never find delight in another's misfortune.
A pleasant companion reduces the length of the journey.
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
What is done hastily cannot be done prudently.
If you can walk, you can run.
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.
Friendship is stronger than kindred.
Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source.
Who would recognize the unhappy if grief had no language?
What is left when honor is lost?
An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies.
To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.
When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.
A guilty conscience never feels secure.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain.
Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.
Each day is the scholar of yesterday.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.
Dangerous he who thinks it safe to die!
In love, anger is always false.
It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.
Every vice has its excuse ready.
It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty?
It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying.
He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.
He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.