Euripides was wont to say, silence was an answer to a wise man; but we seem to have greater occasion for it in our dealing with fools and unreasonable persons; for men of breeding and sense will be satisfied with reason and fair words. Plutarch
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. See image Seneca the Younger
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. See image Sigmund Freud
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. See image Winston Churchill
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. See image Plutarch
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. See image Plutarch