“Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art”

“Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."~ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ~”

“A Man Without Honoris Worse than Dead.”

“...if the verses are for a literary competition, your grace should try to win second place; first is always won through favor or because of the high estate of the person, second is won because of pure justice, and by this calculation third becomes second, and the first becomes third...”

“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.”

“Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art”

“That which costs little is less valued.”

“A closed mouth catches no flies.”

“All sorrows are less with bread. ”

“Anyone who is ignorant, even a lord and prince, can and should be counted as one of the mob.”

“Honesty's the best policy.”