“Get good counsel before you begin and when you have decided act promptly.”

“He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.”

“All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.”

“The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.”

“All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.”

“To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.”

“As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.”

“Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.”

“In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk bravery is a rampart of defense. ”

“By union the smallest states thrive by discord the greatest are destroyed.”

“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”