“The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.”

“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten”

“Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pain”

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”

“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”

“United we stand; divided we fall.”

“once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.”