A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.
The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.
Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.
Don't make to others what you don't want them to make to you.
When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.
There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.