He Who Plots To Hurt Others Often

A Doubtful Friend Is Worse Than A Certain Enemy. Let A Man Be One Thing Or The Other, And We Then Know How To Meet Him.

Do Not Attempt To Hide Things Which Cannot Be Hidden.

He That Is Hard To Please, May Get Nothing In The End.

Forbear Harping On What Was Of Yore, For It Is The Common Lot Of Mortals To Sustain The Ups And Downs Of Fortune.

We Should Find Out As Much As Possible About Someone Before Coming Into Conflict With Him.