“Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.”
“There is the sky, which is all men's together.”
“Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy.”
“Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.”
“Time will cure you, but now is your grief still young.”
“In every work a reward added makes the pleasure twice as great.”
“Hate is a bottomless cup; I will pour and pour”
“The brash unbridled tongue, the lawless folly of fools, will end in pain. But the life of wise content is blest with quietness, escapes the storm and keeps its house secure.”
“A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.”
“Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself]”
“My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.”
“Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.”
“The best of seers is he who guesses well.”
“We look for good on earth and cannot recognize it when met.”
“No one is happy all his life long.”
“Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.”
“Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.”
“If your life at night is good, you think you have everything.”
“Keep alive the light of justice, And much that men say in blame will pass you by.”
“I care for riches, to make gifts.”
“Time will discover everything to posterity; it is a babbler, and speaks even when no question is put.”
“But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.”
“Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.”
“It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.”
“I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.”
