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

The bold are helpless without cleverness.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.

Leave no stone unturned.

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

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

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

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

The lucky person passes for a genius.