What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
Time brings all things to pass.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
By Time and Age full many things are taught.
Death is easier than a wretched life and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
The wisest of the wise may err.
Excessive fear is always powerless.
Death is softer by far than tyranny.
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
He hears but half who hears one party only.
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.