Pactum serva" - "Keep the faith
No one is content with his own lot.
And may I live the remainder of my life ... for myself may there be plenty of books and many years' store of the fruits of the earth!
He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it a mistress, if thou knowest not.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Who knows if the gods above will add tomorrow's span to this day's sum?
We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest.
Gladly accept the gifts of the present hour.
Live mindful of how brief your life is.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance...
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
Many terms which have now dropped out of favour will be revived and those that are at present respectable will drop out if useage so choose with whom resides the decision and the judgment and the c...
The man is either mad or he is making verses.
Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on fire.
In adversity remember to keep an even mind.
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.