Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

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

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.