Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.

Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions..

It is easier to become entangled with an enemy than to disentangle oneself afterwards..

Distrust interested advice..

It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others..

Example is the best precept..

A kindness is never wasted.

Every tale is not to be believed..

Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future..

Persuasion is often more effectual than force..

Don't cry over spilt milk..

Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune..

Clumsy jesting is no joke..

If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter..

There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues..

We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him..

Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature.

We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are..

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten..

One story sounds good until another is told.

Little friends may prove great friends..