Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
I recommend...bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.