Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. Epictetus
The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything. Clarence Darrow
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. W. Somerset Maugham
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. W. Somerset Maugham
It is hard even for the most selfish man to eat fish in the darkness. African Proverb
The most cautious passes for the most chaste. Spanish Proverb