O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
The rich man is everywhere expected and at home.
To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.