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

So also it is good not always to make a friend of the person who is expert in twining himself around us; but, after testing them, to attach ourselves to those who are worthy of our affection and likely to be serviceable to us.

Knavery is the best defense against a knave.

Mothers ought to bring up and nurse their own children; for they bring them up with greater affection and with greater anxiety, as loving them from the heart, and so to speak, every inch of them.

When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'

He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.

He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.