“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.”

“The things we remember best are those better forgotten.”

“Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.”

“To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.”

“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.”

“Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.”

“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing.”

“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”

“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”

“Know or listen to those who know.”

“Work is the price which is paid for reputation.”