A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
Tenderness is a virtue.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
