There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Friendship multiplies the good in life and divides the evil.

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.

He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.