Society and the World

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

Better not to exist than live basely.

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

No enemy is worse than bad advice.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.

Time alone reveals the just man, but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.