The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.
He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.
No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.
No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition.