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| A fair exterior is a silent recommendation. | 1 |
| A friend must not be injured, even in jest. | 2 |
| A rolling stone gathers no moss. | 3 |
| A small debt makes a debtor; a heavy one makes an enemy. | 4 |
| A woman either loves or hates; she knows no medium. | 5 |
| Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly. | 6 |
| Alas! how difficult it is to retain glory! | 7 |
| An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason. | 8 |
| An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies. | 9 |
| An evil gain equals a loss. | 10 |
| Conversation is the image of the mind; as the man, so is his speech. | 11 |
| Danger comes the sooner when it is despised. | 12 |
| Each succeeding day is the scholar of that which preceded. | 13 |
| Every madman thinks all other men mad. | 14 |
| Familiarity breeds contempt. | 15 |
| Flattery, which was formerly a vice, is now grown into a custom. | 16 |
| Forgive others often, yourself never. | 17 |
| Fortune is like glass; when she shines, she is broken. | 18 |
| Friendship is stronger than kindred. | 19 |
| From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. | 20 |
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| Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss. | 21 |
| God looks at pure, not full hands. | 22 |
| He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory. | 23 |
| He gives twice who gives quickly. | 24 |
| He hurts the good who spares the bad. | 25 |
| He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard. | 26 |
| He is safe from danger who is on his guard even when safe. | 27 |
| He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. | 28 |
| He who overlooks one crime invites the commission of another. | 29 |
| I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent. | 30 |
| If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled. | 31 |
| If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest. | 32 |
| In excessive altercation truth is lost. | 33 |
| In love, anger is always false. | 34 |
| It is a good thing to learn caution by the misfortunes of others. | 35 |
| It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty? | 36 |
| It is good to see in the misfortunes of others what we should avoid. | 37 |
| It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know. | 38 |
| It is well to learn from the misfortunes of others what should be avoided. | 39 |
| Man has been lent, not given, to life. | 40 |
| Many receive advice, only the wise profit by it. | 41 |
| Necessity knows no law except to conquer. | 42 |
| No good man ever became suddenly rich. | 43 |
| No one reaches a high position without daring. | 44 |
| One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are in suffering. | 45 |
| Pardon others often, thyself never. | 46 |
| Poverty is in want of much, but avarice of everything. | 47 |
| Repentance follows hasty counsels. | 48 |
| Some remedies are worse than the disease. | 49 |
| Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind. | 50 |
| Suspicion is ever strong on the suffering side. | 51 |
| Take care that no one hates you justly. | 52 |
| That is a most wretched fortune which is without an enemy. | 53 |
| That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth. | 54 |
| That should be long considered which can be decided but once. | 55 |
| The eye strays not while under the guidance of reason. | 56 |
| The gambler is more wicked as he is a greater proficient in his art. | 57 |
| The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed. | 58 |
| The highest power may be lost by misrule. | 59 |
| The losing side is full of suspicion. | 60 |
| The malevolent have hidden teeth. | 61 |
| The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. | 62 |
| The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety. | 63 |
| The opportunity is often lost by deliberating. | 64 |
| The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. | 65 |
| The power of habit is very strong. | 66 |
| The swiftest despatch seems slow to desire. | 67 |
| The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others. | 68 |
| The wickedness of the few makes the calamity of the many. | 69 |
| There are some remedies worse than the disease. | 70 |
| There is no gain so certain as that which arises from sparing what you have. | 71 |
| To accept a favor is to sell one’s freedom. | 72 |
| To die at the command of another is to die twice. | 73 |
| To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses. | 74 |
| Union gives strength to the humble. | 75 |
| Unless you bear with the faults of a friend, you betray your own. | 76 |
| Vices that are familiar we pardon, and only new ones reprehend. | 77 |
| Wine has drowned more than the sea. | 78 |
| You are in a pitiable condition when you have to conceal what you wish to tell. | 79 |
| You should not live one way in private, another in public. | 80 |
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