If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
The part of life which we really live is short.
What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal.
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
Life, if thou knowest how to use it, is long enough.