Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
The end excuses any evil.
A broad-backed ox can be driven straight on his road even by a small goad.
What you can't enforce, do not command.
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.