The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.
When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself.
Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.
Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage.
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
Statesmen are not only liable to give an account of what they say or do in public, but there is a busy inquiry made into their very meals, beds, marriages, and every other sportive or serious action.