Every one excels in something in which another fails.

What is left when honor is lost?

He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.

Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.

No tears are shed, when an enemy dies.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly. Maxim 6

When reason rules, money is a blessing.

Do not take part in the council, unless you are called.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

What happens to one man may happen to all.

Never find your delight in another's misfortune.

There is no penalty attached to a lover's oath.

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.

For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.

To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.

Penitence follows hasty decisions.

It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.

Bitter for a free man is the bondage of debt.

Tension weakens the bow; the want of it, the mind.

By doing nothing men learn to do ill.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is absolved.

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.

The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.

Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.

Poverty is the lack of many things, but avarice is the lack of all things.

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.

The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.

Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.

We may with advantage at times forget what we know.

If your parent is just, revere him; if not, bear with him.

He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.

Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.

Necessity gives the law without itself acknowledging one.

Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Confidence is the only bond of friendship.

When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.

When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

Society in shipwreck is a comfort to all.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

Even when the wound is healed, the scar remains.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

He dies twice who perishes by his own hand.

Success makes some crimes honorable.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.