He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

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

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.