Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.
Much contention and strife will arise in that house where the wife shall get up dissatisfied with her husband.
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.
Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.