A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.

There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.

Later down the road of life, i made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher full of poison with milk on top.

Good behavior wins even an enemy.

Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.