"Don't open a shop unless you like to smile."

"Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve."

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow."

"Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still."

"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket."

"A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials."

"Buy on the rumor; sell on the news."

"It is not enough to aim; you must hit."

"Do not employ handsome servants."

"What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth."

"Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you."

"Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors."