To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.
I care for riches, to make gifts.
Mankind led on by gods err all too easily.
When someone isn’t seen for a long time, Well, folk soon begin to imagine the worst.
When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.
There is no bitterness to be compared with that between two people who once loved.
The brash unbridled tongue, the lawless folly of fools, will end in pain. But the life of wise content is blest with quietness, escapes the storm and keeps its house secure.
May he die with no joy at his end, The man who won’t be troubled To unlock the keys of his heart and make a friend.
It is wise to withhold one’s heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.
In life, the worst disasters come from passion.
I think that fortune watcheth o’er our lives, surer than we. But well said: he who strives will find his goals strive for him equally.
Do not mistake for wisdom that opinion which may rise from a sick mind.
Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.
A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.
The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.
Children are sweet as the buds in spring, But I’ve noticed that those who have them Have nothing but trouble all their lives.
Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven.
To every man, even though he be a slave, the light of heaven is sweet.
Sanity brings pain but madness is a vile thing.
Wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.