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

Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others stand, speak not when you should hold your peace, walk not when others stop.

Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.

Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener.