βAlong with success comes a reputation for wisdom.β
βHumility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven - of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.β
βLucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.β
βA woman should be good for everything at home, but abroad good for nothing.β
βSong brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy.β
βCourage may be taught as a child us taught to speak.β
βTime will cure you, but now is your grief still young.β
βThere is safety in numbers.β
βHuman misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.β
βSilver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.β
βReal friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.β
βDelight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.β
βI think it makes small difference to the dead, if they are buried in the tokens of luxury. All that is an empty glorification left for those who live.β
βAll men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck!β
βIt is a strange form of anger, difficult to cure, when two friends turn upon each other in hatred.β
βHe is not a lover who does not love forever.β
βThe greatest pleasure of life is love.β
βOne 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.β
βIt is in adversity that the good show their friendship most clearly; prosperity always finds friends.β
βFor with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.β
βVirtue proceeds through effort.β
βCleverness is not wisdom. And not to think mortal thoughts is to see few days.β
βNew faces have more authority than accustomed ones.β
βSound judgement, with discernment is the best of seersβ
βIn misfortune, which friend remains a friend?β
βLife has no blessing like a prudent friend.β
βIt is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.β
βAccording to success do we gain a reputation for judgement.β
βDo not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.β
βSilence is true wisdom's best reply.β
βA coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.β
βAlas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And have no wits, although we think us wise.β
βWhy do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?β
βBut woe to him, who left to moan, Reviews the hours of brightness gone.β
βOld age is not a total misery. Experience helps.β
βIn my opinion, the unjust man whose tongue is full of glozing rhetoric, merits the heaviest punishment; vaunting that he can with his tongue gloze over injustice, he dares to act wickedly, yet he is not over-wise.β
βWrath brings mortal men their gravest hurt.β
βThere is something in the pang of change more than the heart can bear, unhappiness remembering happiness.β
βToday's today. Tomorrow we may be ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity.β
βThe meanest life is better than the most glorious death.β
βMen honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.β
βCommon sense is the best prophet.β
βMuch effort, much prosperity.β
βTo the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.β
βTo persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.β
βEvery man is like the company he wont to keep.β
βSufficiency's enough for men of sense.β
βNo one is happy all his life long.β
βI would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.β
βIt is better that we live ever so Miserably than die in glory.β