When our friends are present we ought to treat the...

When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

When our friends are present ...