'Tis always best to tell the truth. At every crisis, I recommend this as a chief contribution to security in life.

When at a loss about something, go and take counsel by yourself. For in the midst of shouting, the advantageous course is not to be seen, but as one reasons with oneself, it shines out clear.

Intelligence, if it is clever in the direction of the better, is responsible for the greatest benefits of all.

To refrain from all injustice renders us also humane.

Old men are children for the second time.

The man who runs may fight again.

The Truth, sometimes not sought for, comes forth to the light.

Riches cover a multitude of woes.

A thing hard to track is Fortune.

The spoken word is man's physician in grief. For this alone has soothing charms for the soul.