Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
Let a prince be guarded with soldiers, attended by councillors, and shut up in forts; yet if his thoughts disturb him, he is miserable.
It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others.
Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue.
They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.
Man is neither by birth nor disposition a savage, nor of unsocial habits, but only becomes so by indulging in vices contrary to his nature.
He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.
The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.
As small letters hurt the sight, so do small matters him that is too much intent upon them; they vex and stir up anger, which begets an evil habit in him in reference to greater affairs.
He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself
It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered.
God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine.
Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground, gives rise to truffles, which do not resemble plants?
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
Words will build no walls.
The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men.
When a man's struggle begins within oneself, the man is worth something.
It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die.
Immoderate grief is selfish, harmful, brings no advantage to either the mourner or the mourned, and dishonors the dead.
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
Cicero called Aristotle a river of flowing gold, and said of Plato's Dialogues, that if Jupiter were to speak, it would be in language like theirs.
Philosophy is an act of living.
A prating barber asked Archelaus how he would be trimmed. He answered, "In silence."
A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service.
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
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