To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
You must know for which harbor you are headed, if you are to catch the right wind to take you there.
Don’t stumble over something behind you.
Other men’s sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.
The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way.
He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
Teach the art of living well.
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.
Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.
What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved.
Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.
We should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the sight of blood and suffering.
The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.
One hand washes the other.
Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.
Learn how to feel joy.
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.