Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in subjection.

If you study the history and records of the world you must admit that the source of justice was the fear of injustice.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

God has joined the innocent with the guilty.

To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

Nature is harmony in discord.