305.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
306.
The evil that visits us with a smiling countenance, is the hardest to bear.
307.
The severest affliction is the one which has never been tried.
308.
Frequent marriages give occasion to slander.
309.
A flattering discourse carries its own poison.
310.
Do not take part in council, unless you are called.
311.
He who stops in mid career is not quite lost.
312.
Better endure an heir, than seek for one.
313.
Under the tears of an heir, there is a hidden smile.
314.
How difficult it is to keep glory acquired!
315.
How formidable is he who has no fear of death!
316.
Circumstances will oft force a good man to swerve from the right.
317.
Poverty compels men to untried expedients.
318.
By doing nothing, men learn to do ill.
319.
Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.
