The wounds of conscience always leave a scar..

No one knows what he can do till he tries..

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one..

We may with advantage at times forget what we know..

To dispute with a drunkard is to debate with an empty house..

He who wrongs one threatens many..

A pleasant companion reduces the length of the journey..

Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it]..

It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody..

All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom..

The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others.

When you can despise death, you have conquered all fears..

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired..

It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty?.

Each succeeding day is the scholar of that which went before it..

When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotant..

He who conquers his wrath overcomes his greatest enemy..

Pain forces even the innocent to lie..

Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes..

The master is a slave when he fears those whom he rules..

Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken..