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

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.

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions. Truth does not inhabit only the inner man, or more accurately, there is no inner man, man is in the world, and only in the world does he know himself.

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves.

I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.