Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Nothing is more useful to man that those arts which have no utility.
What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
When the roses are gone, nothing is left but the thorn.
If you count the sunny and the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.
A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The rolling snow-ball.]
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.
Skill makes love unending.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The brave find a home in every land.
All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away .
Those gifts are ever more precious which the giver has made precious.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.
The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.
Do not believe hastily.
Time is generally the best doctor.
How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand
I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
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