Boy, I loathe Persian luxury.
In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.
A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.
What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.
Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?
Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom.
A word once uttered can never be recalled.
Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.
Remember to be calm in adversity.
Books have their destinies.
We are all gathered to the same fold.
Weigh well what your shoulders can and cannot bear.
It is grievous to be caught.
That best of blessings, a contented mind.
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
In the word of no master am I bound to believe.
The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase.
The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.