Renown and repose do not go together.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.