Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
Truth always lags last limping along on the arm of Time.
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult and difficult as if they were easy in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep in the other that it may not be dismayed.
At twenty a man is a peacock at thirty a lion at forty a camel at fifty a serpent at sixty a dog at seventy an ape at eighty nothing at all.
A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
There is no wilderness like a life without friends friendship multiplies blessings and minimizes misfortunes it is a unique remedy against adversity and it soothes the soul.
A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him than what it has denied.
Knowledge without courage is sterile.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good for...
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
Begin with another's to end with your own.
A sage has one advantage he is immortal. If this is not his century many others will be.
Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.
Good things when short are twice as good.
If you are wise live as you can if you cannot live as you would.
Nothing really belongs to us but time which even he has who has nothing else.
The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.
The greatest wisdom often consists in ignorance.
Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.