Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.

Dissembling profiteth nothing; a feigned countenance, and slightly forged externally, deceiveth but very few.

No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.

Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger

That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.

Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.

The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.