Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove; but things which affect your mind you defer.
He appears mad indeed but to a few, because the majority is infected with the same disease.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.
Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.
Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been rounded off and polished.
Whatever advice you give, be short.
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
Smooth out with wine the worries of a wrinkled brow.
Never despair. [Nil desperandum.]
They change their skies, but not their souls who run across the sea.
He who is greedy is always in want.
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
Better to accept whatever happens.
Let's put a limit to the scramble for money. ... Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end.
No master can make me swear blind obedience.
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
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