Nothing is swifter than our years.

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.

All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in...

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.

Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

Neglect of appearance becomes men.

That you may please others you must be forgetful of yourself.

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.

Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.

Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.

People are slow to believe that, which if believed would work them harm.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Envy aims very high.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

You will go most safely in the middle.

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Skill makes love unending.

Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

You can learn from anyone even your enemy.

Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.

Art lies by its own artifice.

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when...

Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

Time is generally the best doctor.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

Time glides away and as we get older through the noiseless years; the days flee and are restrained by no reign.

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

Venus favors the bold.