 Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future. |
| Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always. |
| A human being is only breath and shadow. |
| Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool. |
| How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time. |
| If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free. |
| Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. |
| 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. |
| Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is. |
| Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession. |
| Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. |
| Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men. |
| Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed. |
| No one who errs unwillingly is evil. |
| He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life. |
| When trouble ends even troubles please. |
| All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit. |
| In a just cause the weak will beat the strong. |
| For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds. |
