He who flees from trial confesses his guilt

The greatest of empires, is the empire over one’s self.

At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man’s work.

They live ill who expect to live always

Even a single hair casts its shadow

The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.

Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.

Practice is the best of all instructors.

Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.

He who helps the guilty shares the crime

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.

It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have

Necessity gives the law, but does not itself submit to it

Where there is unity, there is always victory

That should be considered long which can be decided but once.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Take care that no one hates you justly.

Opportunity is lost by deliberation.

A man’s own character is the arbiter of his fortune.

Life is short, but its ills make it seem long

Intemperance is the physician’s provider

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

Successful guilt is the bane of society

The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others

No one knows what he is able to do until he tries.

He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another’s mishap

Learn to see in another’s calamity the ills which you should avoid

There are some remedies worse than the disease

Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocency

He who yields to his times acts wisely

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.

You’ll repent if you marry, and repent if you don’t.

The empire of custom is most mighty.

We die as often as we lose a friend.

Frugality is misery in disguise

He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one

In quarreling the truth is always lost