He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise - begin!
If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure.
Make a good use of the present.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
Whatever you want to teach, be brief.
No poems can please long or live that are written by water drinkers.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
Don’t long for the unripe grape.
Anger is short-lived madness.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
Pale Death beats equally at the poor man’s gate and at the palaces of kings.
Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds.
He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.
There is a fault common to all singers. When they’re among friends and are asked to sing they don’t want to, and when they’re not asked to sing they never stop.