Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Fortune favors the brave.
If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who indulges in liberty of speech, will hear things in return which he will not like.
It is better to keep children to their duty by a sense of honor and by kindness than by fear.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of indifference to me.
Charity begins at home.