1. “The greatest of empires, is the empire over one’s self.”
2. “A good reputation is more valuable than money.”
3. “Where there is unity there is always victory.”
4. “It is the soul, not the body, that makes an enduring marriage.”
5. “A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.”
6. “It is hard to recover the lost opportunity.”
7. “No man is happy unless he believes he is.”
8. “A friendship that can end never really began.”
9. “Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.”
10. “Many consult their reputation: but few their conscience.”
11. “He who violates another’s honor loss his own.”
12. “Pain forces even the innocent to lie.”
13. “When angry, a man has deserted his body.”
14. “The poor lack much, the greedy lack everything.”
15. “It is better to learn late than never.”
16. “The severest affliction is the one which has never been tried.”
17. “Poverty wants much; but avarice everything.”
18. “Even when the wound is healed, the scar remains.”
19. “Excessive severity misses its own aim.”
20. “A wise man rules his passions, fool obeys them.”
21. “One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are in suffering.”
22. “Even in death, good man would not deceive.”
23. “In quarrelling, the truth is always lost.”
24. “An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.”
25. “As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.”
26. “It is a less evil to be unable to live than not to know how to live.”
27. “Prosperity sometimes exhibits a little folly.”
28. “No one can escape death or love.”
29. “Folly is very often wisdom’s companion.”
30. “To submit to necessity involves no disgrace.”
