"I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more."

"Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you."

"Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall."

"Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones."

"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages."