Practice is the best of all instructors.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.

To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Even when there is no law, there is conscience.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly. Maxim 6

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Pardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many.

Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Penitence follows hasty decisions.

Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

Receive an injury rather than do one.

We are interested in others, when they are interested in us.

Every one excels in something in which another fails.

There is no penalty attached to a lover's oath.

Necessity gives the law without itself acknowledging one.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is absolved.

A beautiful face is a silent commendation.

Bitter for a free man is the bondage of debt.

If your parent is just, revere him; if not, bear with him.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

Too much straightforwardness is foolish against a shameless person.

He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.

For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

Poverty is the lack of many things, but avarice is the lack of all things.

When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

Fortune is like glass-the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

It is more easy to get a favor from Fortune than to keep it.

The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.

Confidence is the only bond of friendship.

Have courage, or cunning, when you deal with an enemy.

Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.

What happens to one man may happen to all.

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.

For him who loves labor, there is always something to do.

Solitude is the mother of anxieties.

Even a single hair casts its shadow.

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.

It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.

We may with advantage at times forget what we know.

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

Society in shipwreck is a comfort to all.

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.

Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.

The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.