Evil Report Carries Further Than Any Applause.

For A Thing To Remain Undone Nothing More Is Needed Than To Think Of It Done.

Everything Foreign Is Respected, Partly Because It Comes From Afar, Partly Because It Is Ready Made And Perfect.

Hear, See, And Be Silent.

To Be At Ease Is Better Than To Be At Business.

It Takes More To Make One Sage Today Than It Did To Make The Seven Of Greece. And You Need More Resources To Deal With A Single Person These Days Than With An Entire Nation In Times Past.