Little things console us because little things afflict us.

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

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

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

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.