A sage has one advantage; he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.
A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
Begin with another's to end with your own.
Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you canβt be good, be careful.
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
