Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Neversay more than is necessary.