There is no vice that does not occasionally have some benefit, and no virtue that at times is not hurtful to some people.
Whoever teaches his son teaches not only his son but also his son’s son, and so on to the end of generations.
To do things wrong with best intentions is better than acting to the letter of the law with evil intentions.
When swindlers meet a genuinely honest man, they’re so astonished they regard him as a greater swindler than themselves.
Man is like a bird: a bird can fly higher and higher, but only if its wings continue to move without stopping.
I was young, now i’m old, and I did not see a righteous man forsaken and his children begging for bread.