In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.
If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.
I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.
I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.
God always strives together with those who strive.