"Reviewing the old as a means of understanding the new — such a person can be a teacher."

"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."

"Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly with them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it."

"A man without constancy cannot be a diviner or a physician."

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."