If wisdom was to cease throughout the world, no one would suspect himself of ignorance.
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.
The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.