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.
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman’s excellence?
Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought; henceforward quenched in darkness shall ye see those ye should ne’er have seen; now blind to those whom, when I saw, I vainly yearned to know.
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.