He who treats you as he treats himself does you no injustice.
He who lives on expectations dies in poverty.
Three things are no disgrace to man--to serve his guest, to serve his
horse, and to serve in his own house.
Extremes are a mistake--a middle course is the best.
When the cooks are many the food is spoiled. When a ship has two
captains it will sink.
Tie the ass where his owner wants.
Be a slave to truth--the slave to truth is a freeman.
No bravery in war can withstand overwhelming numbers.
If God gives you, give you to others.
A horseman has ever an open grave before him.
Confide not in a friend until you have tried him, and fight no enemy
until you have sufficient power.
A prudent man is right though he perisheth, and a reckless man is wrong
though he cometh out safely.
Trust not in present prosperity, for it is a departing guest.
Reserve the white coin for the black day.
If it be in your power to do harm to your enemy--do it not, but forgive
him and win his thanks.
The eye cannot contend with pointed steel.
Be cautious even where you are most sure.
Poverty is a chain which restrains men from doing much evil.
If you would know what a man hath, look not to what he gains but to
what he spends.
Nothing can be concealed except that which is not.
The best friend is he who changeth not with the changes of time.
Every rule has exceptions.
The most unjust man to himself is he who humbles himself to one who
hates him, and he who praises one whom he does not know.
When you do a kindness, make a small thing of it, though it be a great;
and when you receive a kindness, make much of it, though it be small.
Idle hands are unclean.
This world is honey mixed with poison--a joy inseparable from sorrow.
If you are ignorant, inquire; if you stray, return; if you do wrong,
repent; and if you are angry, restrain yourself.
_Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury, England._