Appearances often are deceiving.
Be satisfied with what you have.
There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.
Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
Example is the best precept.
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.
The value is in the worth, not in the number.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
Beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
If words suffice not, blows must follow.
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
The great do not always prevail.
It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him.
Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.
False friends leave you in times of trouble.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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