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.
Enemies gifts are no gifts and do no good.
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
A man growing old becomes a child again.
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.