Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
Well begun is half done.
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
So, if you don't summon a book and a light before dawn,If you don't set your mind on honest aims and pursuits,On waking, you'll be tortured by envy or lust.Why so quick to remove a speck from your eye...
Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.
Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Nie pytaj próżno, bo nikt się nie dowie.Jaki nam koniec gotują bogowie,I babilońskich nie pytaj wróżbiarzy.Lepiej tak przyjąć wszystko, jak się zdarzy.A czy z rozkazu Jowisza ta zima,Co teraz wichrem...
he who is greedy is always in want
A picture is a poem without words.
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
Anger is a short madness.