Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything..

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety..

We learn from the things we suffer..

Self-help is the best help.

I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath..

Being a good example teaches others to be good..

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds..

Be satisfied with what you have..

Pride goes before destruction..

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise..

If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade..

Only cowards insult dying majesty..

What a splendid head, yet no brain..

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties..

We should use our judgment before coming to a decision..

The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend..

Little liberties are great offenses..

Acquaintance softens prejudice..

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction..