Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

I will speak ill of no man, not even in matters of truth; but rather excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasion speak all the good I know of everybody.

Haste makes waste.

Hunger never saw bad bread.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim; the bird that sits is easily shot.

Industry need not wish.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.