 Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings. |
| A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius. |
| It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement. |
| Knowledge without education is but armed injustice. |
| Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious. |
| Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person. |
| It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit. |
| We are just statistics, born to consume resources. |
| If matters go badly now, they will not always be so. |
| The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain. |
| The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor. |
| In labouring to be concise, I become obscure. |
| Begin, be bold and venture to be wise. |
| Life is largely a matter of expectation. |
| I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me. |
| One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions. |
| If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself. |
| You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all. |
| Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. |
| Make a good use of the present. |
