Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

After all, the only proper intoxication is conversation.

A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.

You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more.

The wise man accepts his pain, endures it, but does not add to it.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

You are a fool in four letters, my son.