Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.
An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.
That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.
Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.
I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.
A learned man has always riches in himself.
The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.
