“Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.”

“Aedificare diu cogitare oportet. Conserere cogitare non oportet, sed facere oportet. [Building requires long thought: planting requires not thought but action.]”

“After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”

“After I am dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”

“Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.”

“Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools. ”

“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”