I have pondered on the causes of a life’s shipwreck. I think that our lives are worse than the mind’s quality would warrant. There are many who know virtue. We know the good, we apprehend...

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a...

Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman.

There is one thing alone – that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience

Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

Not yet do you feel it. Wait for the future.

There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair

Luckier than one’s neighbor, but still not happy.

Authority is never without hate.

No one who lives in error is free.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

It’s human; we all put self interest first.

It is change; all yields its place and goes.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

The wavering mind is but a base possession

All is change; all yields its place and goes

When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.

We understand and recognize what is good, but we do not labor to bring it to fulfillment, some of us out of laziness, some because we put something else, some pleasure, before virtue–and there are...

Leave no stone unturned.

Often a noble face hides filthy ways.

He is wise that is wise to himself.

Love’s all in all to women

Often a noble face hides filthy ways

For in other ways a woman is full of fear, defenseless, dreads the sight of cold steel; but, when once she is wronged in the matter of love, no other soul can hold so many...

I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend’s prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief

The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

Youth holds no society with grief.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

In childbirth grief begins.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance and change alone control the world?

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

No one is happy all his life long.

Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.

To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.

Life is a short affair; we should try to make it smooth, and free from strife

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.

Where there are two, one cannot be wretched, and one not

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

O what will she do, a soul bitten into with wrong?

Friends show their love – in times of trouble, not in happiness

Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves

Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.

Better a humble heart, a lowly life. Untouched by greatness let me live – and live. Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

The best of seers is he who guesses well.