Oh, trebly blest the placid lot of those whose hearth foundations are in pure love laid, where husband's breast with tempered ardor glows, and wife, oft mother, is in heart a maid!
Bear calamities with meekness.
The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking.
Every man is like the company he wont to keep.
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
May he die with no joy at his end, The man who won't be troubled To unlock the keys of his heart and make a friend.
Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman.
Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.
Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.
If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible ... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Men hate the haughty of heart who will not be the friend of every man.
For the good, when praised, feel something of disgust, if to excess commended.
Misery is the end of those with unbridled mouths.
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.
It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly.
A woman should always stand by a woman.
The little done doth vanish to the mind which forward sees how much remains to do.
Prosperity is full of friends.
No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.
Dead men have no victory.
courage is the gift of character
If your life at night is good, you think you have Everything; but, if in that quarter things go wrong, You will consider your best and truest interests Most hateful.
Time will explain it all. Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
Cleverness is not wisdom. And not to think mortal thoughts is to see few days.
Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.
The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches.
It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.
In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.
There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
Youth holds no society with grief.
Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.
Noble fathers have noble children.
It is in adversity that the good show their friendship most clearly; prosperity always finds friends.
A change is always nice.
What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride - nothing is secure, nothing keeps.
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.
Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with.
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
Old age is not a total misery. Experience helps.
Delight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.
In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.
It is a strange form of anger, difficult to cure, when two friends turn upon each other in hatred.
But woe to him, who left to moan, Reviews the hours of brightness gone.
Sound judgement, with discernment is the best of seers
Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
The best of seers is he who guesses well.
A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.
If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich.
There is safety in numbers.
Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal.
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
In life, the worst disasters come from passion.
Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
