We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.

Govern thy Life and Thoughts, as if the whole World were to see the one, and read the other.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

All doors open to courtesy.