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.
As they say of the blind, Sounds are the things I see.
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them.
Desire looks clear from the eyes of a lovely bride: power as strong as the founded world.
Afterthought makes the first resolve a liar.
Not even Ares battles against necessity.
You see how when rivers are swollen in winter those trees that yield to the flood retain their branches, but those that offer resistance perish, trunk and all.
A human being is only breath and shadow.
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.