Quotes, Quotations and Sayings

There is danger in both belief and unbelief.

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Success tempts many to their ruin.

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return the better to thinking.

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking.

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

First appearance deceives many.

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.

To add insult to injury.

The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.

Things are not always what they seem.

The humble suffer when the mighty disagree.

It is destruction to the weak man to attempt to imitate the powerful.

Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed.

Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble.