A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

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

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.