“Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end”

“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”

“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”

“One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.”

“The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.”

“Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.”

“Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.”