Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.
You can learn from anyone, even your enemy.
Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able.
Time, motion and wine cause sleep.
What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
Beauty is a fragile gift.
Time is generally the best doctor.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
Happy the man who can count his sufferings.
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
Add little to little and there will be a big pile.
What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
Anyone can be rich in promises.