The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good |
The things we remember best are those better forgotten |
The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places |
The wise does at once what the fool does at last. |
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. |
There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled. |
Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets. |
Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it. |
Time and I against any two |
To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else. |
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. |
To oblige persons often costs little and helps much. |
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island..to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. |
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live |
Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of Time |