He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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.
Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
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.