Wealth And Poverty Do Not Lie In

Quarrels Often Arise In Marriages When The Bridal Gifts Are Excessive.

As Iron Is Eaten Away By Rust, So The Envious Are Consumed By Their Own Passion.

It Is Better To Fall In With Crows Than With Flatterers; For In The One Case You Are Devoured When Dead, In The Other Case While Alive.

We Weed Out The Darnel From The Corn And The Unfit In War, But Do Not Excuse Evil Men From The Service Of The State.

States Are Doomed When They Are Unable To Distinguish Good Men From Bad.