It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they’ve flung it away.
Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
It is best to live however one can be.
There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been.
If you think my acts are foolishness; the foolishness may be in the fools eye.
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness.
To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.
Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death – what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
Sleep, ignorant of pain, sleep, ignorant of grief, may you come to us blowing softly, kindly, kindly come king.
Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.
Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain.
Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
The joy that comes past hope and beyond expectation is like no other pleasure in extent.
Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.