Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

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

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

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

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.