The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.