To me no profitable speech sounds ill.
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!
If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.
Opportunity has power over all things.
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.