It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, ...

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

It is the nature of the wise ...