Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.
Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.
It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this is the essence of good policy.
To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.
If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.