A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.

the Egyptians were the first to discover the solar year, and to portion out its course into twelve parts both the space of time and the seasons which they delimit. It was observation of the course of the stars which led them to adopt this divisionIt is also the Egyptians who first bought into use the names of the twelve gods, which the Greeks adopted from them

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.