Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue.

Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned the remainder into common; this common land they assigned to such of the citizens as were poor and indigent, for which they were to pay only a small acknowledgment into the public treasury. But when the wealthy men began to offer larger rents, and drive the poorer people out, it was enacted by law that no person whatever should enjoy more than five hundred acres of ground.

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.

When the candles are out all women are fair.

For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of justice; and this, because more than any other, it acquires a man power and authority among the common people. For they only honour the valiant and admire the wise, while in addition they also love just men, and put entire trust and confidence in them.