To think twice is quite enough.
It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.
Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.
There is no body but eats and drinks. But they are few who can distinguish flavors.