I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

Speech is the mirror of the soul.

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.

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

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.