The sun also shines on the wicked.
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
Only time can heal what reason cannot.
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
Ignorance is the cause of fear.
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer’s hand.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant.
Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
What is harder than rock? What is softer than water? Yet hard rocks are hollowed out by soft water?