Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

Please all, and you will please none.

What a splendid head, yet no brain.

Persuasion is better than force.

All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.