People who make no noise are dangerous.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

Jean de La Fontaine

Gentleness succeeds better than violence.

Gentleness succeeds better than violence.

Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

I bend, but I do not break.

I bend, but I do not break.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

In everything one must consider the end.

In everything one must consider the end.

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.

It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.

We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.

Diversity, that is my motto.

Diversity, that is my motto.

To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.

To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.

Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.

Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.

But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.

Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.

Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.

Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.

In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.

In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

Better to suffer than to die.

Better to suffer than to die.