He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.
'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent.
Clean your finger before you point at my spots.
The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting.
The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.