Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

When desire dies, fear is born.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.