“'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.”
“Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.”
“Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.”
“I hate it in friends when they come too late to help.”
“Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.”
“To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.”
“Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.”
“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.”
“Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.”
“There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.”
“To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.”
“Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.”
“That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing.”
“When a good man is hurt all who would be called good must suffer with him.”
“Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman.”
“When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.”
“People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.”
“I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.”
“Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.”
“Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.”
“There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quite conscience.”
“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.”
“No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.”