Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.
That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.
No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.
To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.
A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane