All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
Knowledge must come through action.
Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.
The stubbornest of wills Are soonest bended, as the hardest iron, O'er-heated in the fire to brittleness,Flies soonest into fragments, shivered through.
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.