the despot assures his subjects civil tranquillity. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Bien sea de hombre a hombre, bien sea de hombre a pueblo, siempre será igualmente descabellado este discurso: "Celebro contigo un contrato en el cual todos los deberes están a tu cargo y todos los beneficios están a mi favor; contrato, que respetaré mientras se me dé la gana y que tú observarás mientras se me dé la gana"."

Young teacher, pray consider this example, and remember that your lessons should always be in deeds rather than words, for children soon forget what they say or what is said to them, but not what they have done nor what has been done to them.

Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.