Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.

It’s in the very trickery that it pleases me. But show me how the trick is done, and I have lost my interest therein.

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.

Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul. Speak as boldly with him as with yourself.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.