The human heart becomes softened by hearing of instances of gentleness and consideration.

Foreign lady once remarked to the wife of a Spartan commander that the women of Sparta were the only women in the world who could rule men. "We are the only women who raise men," the Spartan lady replied.

Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall.

Nothing can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from guilt and kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that are wicked. By this means the soul will be not only unpolluted but also undisturbed. The fountain will run clear and unsullied.

The belly has no ears.

Silence is an answer to a wise man.

Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance.