Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.
Time is a kindly god.
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.
Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.
Those swift to think are not always secure.
Time alone reveals the just man but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
Rather throw away that which is dearest to you your own life than turn away a good friend.
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
Men should pledge themselves to nothing for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.
Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not help himself.