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.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
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.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. Tis the sole remedy against misfortune the very ventilation of 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.
Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
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...
Begin with another's to end with your own.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.
Good things when short are twice as good.
A sage has one advantage he is immortal. If this is not his century many others will be.
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.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Nothing really belongs to us but time which even he has who has nothing else.
If you are wise live as you can if you cannot live as you would.
The greatest wisdom often consists in ignorance.
Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.
The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.