"Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him."

"I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty."

"The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking."

"Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many."

"In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name."

"A learned man has always riches in himself."

"Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth."

"That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer."

"Success tempts many to their ruin."

"The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind."

"The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it."

"Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense."

"An alliance with a powerful person is never safe."

"Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example."

"Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you."

"The humble are in danger when those in power disagree."

"It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard."

"Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty."