It needs as much generosity to take as to give.
However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.
Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.
Experience, if we only learn by it, is cheap at any price.
If silence is good for the wise, how much better is it for the foolish!
As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.