Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock . Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.
Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue.
To many men well-fitting doors are not set on their tongues.
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.
One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.
Rash, angry words, and spoken out of season, When passion has usurp'd the throne of reason, Have ruin'd many. Passion is unjust, And for an idle, transitory gust Of gratified revenge, dooms us to pay With long repentance at a later day.