Collection of phrases and quotes about behavior.
Patience is bitter, but its fruits are sweet.
Fears, suspicions, coldness, reserve, hatred, betrayal, are often hidden beneath that uniform and treacherous veil of courtesy.
The strongest is not always strong enough to be master.
The offense of those who deceive us is not in the deception, but in not letting us dream that they will never deceive us.
When a man asks for justice, it's because he wants to be right.
Of all the ways to deceive others, the pose of seriousness is the one that wreaks the most havoc.
To deceive men one by one is much more difficult than deceiving them by the thousand. That's why the speaker has less merit than the lawyer or the healer.
Do justice to someone and you will end up loving them. But if you are unjust to them, you will end up hating them.
From rivalry, nothing beautiful can arise; and from pride, nothing noble.
When you encounter opposition, even if it comes from your husband or your children, try to overcome it through reason and not authority, for a victory based on authority is unreal and illusory.
Be honest, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it becomes even more inconvenient when you try to hide it.
Excessive severity breeds hatred, just as excessive indulgence weakens authority.