No one who errs unwillingly is evil.
Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
It’s impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
Evil gains work their punishment.
Evil counsel travels fast.
It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool’s part.
Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.
I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
Enemies gifts are no gifts and do no good.
Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one can, unthinkingly.
Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
Great Time makes all things dim.
Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.