I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

Conquered, we conquer.

No blessing lasts forever.

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Your wealth is where your friends are.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.

A word to the wise is enough.

You must spend money to make money.

How great in number are the little minded men.

The evil that we know is best.

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.

Let deeds match words.

He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

Laws are subordinate to custom.

A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Where there are friends there is wealth.

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

Keep what you have; the known evil is best.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

It is well for one to know more than he says.

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

It well becomes a young man to be modest.

No man is wise enough by himself.

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.

To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.

And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment.

Most people compliment me on maintaining my femininity while I'm on the court. People like the fact that I model. My fans or little girls always say they want to play sports, but also want to be a model like me and I think that's great.

Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do.

It's been amazing to watch, because for 'Thor', which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment.