Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.
We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.
Make a decision, even if it's wrong.