Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.

Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.

The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.

Much contention and strife will arise in that house where the wife shall get up dissatisfied with her husband.

When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?