A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect. A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect. All must work together or the Body will go to pieces. The organs of the human body should work together, otherwise, the whole body will collapse. An immense number of coins flying all over the place. An immense number of coins flying all over the place. Any excuse will serve a tyrant. A tyrant can always find an excuse. Appearances are deceptive. Appearances are often deceptive. Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. Be content with your lot; one cannot be the best in everything. Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear. Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear. Better humble security than gilded danger. Better no rule than cruel rule. Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon. Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon. Better starve free than be a fat slave. Better starve free than be a fat slave. Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Clumsy jesting is no joke. Clumsy jesting is no joke. Cunning often outwits itself. A cunning person likes to be clever. Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. If the seed of evil is not removed in time and allowed to grow, there will be endless troubles. Distrust interested advice. Distrust interested advice. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. 76 Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. ;Do not trust flatterers. From now on, do not trust flatterers. Enemies promises were made to be broken. Example is the best precept. Example is the best teaching. Familiarity breeds contempt. Familiarity breeds contempt. Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool. Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool. Gratitude and greed go not together. A greedy person will never be grateful. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Greed often overreaches itself. Greed often overreaches itself. He that has many friends, has no friends. Too many friends, has no friends. He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends. A person without a position will not have friends.

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs. If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for their own purposes sooner or later. Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten. Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten. It is best to prepare for the days of necessity. Only by taking precautions can we nip problems in the bud. It is easier to get into the enemy's tools than out again. It is easier to get out of a trap than to fall into a trap. It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. Knowing that there is no danger, you still have to be brave. It is easy to despise what you cannot get. People often say that something they cannot get is bad. It is easy to propose impossible remedies. It is foolish to give their enemy the means of destroying themselves. It is foolish to give their enemy the means of destroying themselves. It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. Beautiful feathers alone cannot make a noble bird. It is useless attacking the insensible. It is useless attacking the insensible. Kindness effects more than severity. Kindness effects more than severity. Little by little does the trick. Little friends may prove great friends. Little friends may prove great friends. Love can tame the wildest. Love can tame the wildest. Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. Much outcry, little outcome. Nature will out. Neverbelieve a captive's promise; that's one thing. Then again: keep what you have. And a third piece of advice is: Sorrow not over what is lostforever. ; Third, don’t regret what you have lost forever. Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions. Never trust a friend who deserts you at a pinch. Never trust a friend who deserts you at a pinch. Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. The advice of a man in difficulty is especially untrustworthy. No gratitude from the wicked. The wicked have no gratitude. Nothing escapes the master's eye. Obscurity often brings safety. Mediocrity and obscurity often bring safety. One bad turn deserves another. Repay evil with evil, repay kindness with kindness. Only cowards insult dying majesty. Only cowards insult dying majesty. Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. You look beautiful, but it's a pity that you have no brain. People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves. People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

Please all, and you will please none. Please satisfy everyone, and no one will be satisfied with the result. Plodding wins the race. Climb unremittingly, and you can win the race. Precious things are for those that can prize them. Good things are precious because they are cherished by people. Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction. Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction. There is always someone worse off than yourself. The gods help them that help themselves. Those who save themselves always have divine help. The strong and the weak cannot keep company. The strong and the weak cannot keep company. Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart therefrom. Union gives strength. Union gives strength. United we stand, divided we fall. Unity is victory, division is bound to fail. Vices are their own punishment. Wealth unused might as well not exist. Wealth unused might as well not exist.