Plato Used To Say To

If Any Man Think It A Small Matter, Or Of Mean Concernment, To Bridle His Tongue, He Is Much Mistaken; For It Is A Point To Be Silent When Occasion Requires, And Better Than To Speak, Though Never So Well.

Fate Leads Him Who Follows It, And Drags Him Who Resist.

When The Strong Box Contains No More Both Friends And Flatterers Shun The Door.

Prosperity Has This Property, It Puffs Up Narrow Souls, Makes Them Imagine Themselves High And Mighty, And Look Down Upon The World With Contempt; But A Truly Noble And Resolved Spirit Appears Greatest In Distress, And Then Becomes More Bright And Conspicuous.

Medicine To Produce Health Must Examine Disease; And Music, To Create Harmony Must Investigate Discord.