I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

I can pardon everybody's mistakes except my own.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Patience is the greatest of all virtues.