He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
