Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.