The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.
The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.