From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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.
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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.