To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability

He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.

It is well for one to know more than he says.

Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.

For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took its rise . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does it survive when you would suppose it to be dead.

What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.