If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
It is best not to have been born at all: but, if born, as quickly as possible to return whence one came.
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
The truth is always the strongest argument.
Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach.
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
God’s dice always have a lucky roll.
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
Success, remember is the reward of toil.
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.