The sea, by its nature, would be calm and still if the winds did not stir it up and disturb it. In the same way, the people would be calm and docile if speakers and agitators did not stir them up and agitate them.
The friendship doubles the joys and divides the sorrows in half.
Some books are tasted, others swallowed, and only a few are chewed and digested.
There is nothing that does more harm to a nation than cunning people passing for intelligent.
Old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
In government matters, any change is suspicious, even if it is for the better.
The requirement for success is promptness in decisions.
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Without friendship, the world is a desert.