I can pardon everybody's mistakes except my own.
It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
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.
Patience is the greatest of all virtues.