Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides. |
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. |
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head. |
It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband. |
The greatest pleasure of life is love. |
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. |
No one is happy all his life long. |
The wavering mind is but a base possession. |
The lucky person passes for a genius. |
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. |
He is not a lover who does not love forever. |
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. |
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. |
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter. |
The best of seers is he who guesses well. |
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore. |
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. Topics: Courage |
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor. |
Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing. |
Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. |