Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.

Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.

Knowledge must come through action.

And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool's eye.

Time alone reveals the just man, but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

Time, which sees all things, has found you out.

I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality, and then in retrospect.

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

A lie never lives to be old.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Opinions have greater power than the strength of hands.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

What greater wound is there than a false friend?

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.