| To love is nothing. To be loved is something. To love and be loved is everything. |
| Gray hair is a sign of age, not wisdom. |
| A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. |
| A heart that loves is always young. |
| Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise. |
| First secure an independent income, then practice virtue. |
| No need to teach an eagle to fly. |
| Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults. |
| Where there is a sea there are pirates. |
| To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it. |
| The beginning is the half of every action. |
| The net of the sleeper catches fish. |
| All things good to know are difficult to learn. |
| It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue. |
