▶ "You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all."; "You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren."; "Words will not fail when the matter is well considered."; "Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone."; "Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?"; …"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"; "Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace."; "Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself."; "While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one."; "When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed."; "Whatever advice you give, be short."; "What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye."; "We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest."; "We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others."; "We are just statistics, born to consume resources."; "We are free to yield to truth."; "Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person."; "Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers."; "To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it."; "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."; "This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist."; "The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet."; "The pen is the tongue of the mind."; "The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do."; "The man is either mad, or he is making verses."; "The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain."; "The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."; "The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable."; "The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."; "The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice."; "Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life."; "Subdue your passion or it will subdue you."; "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."; "Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow."; "Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious."; "Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain."; "Poets wish to profit or to please."; "Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings."; "Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things."; "One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions."; "Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled."; "O imitators, you slavish herd!"; "No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water."; "No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers."; "Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born."; "Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."; "Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment."; "Make a good use of the present."; "Life is largely a matter of expectation."; "Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work."; "Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least."; "Leave the rest to the gods."; "Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger."; "Labor diligently to increase your property."; "Knowledge without education is but armed injustice."; "It is your business when the wall next door catches fire."; "It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure."; "It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed."; "It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit."; "It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement."; "It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity."; "In labouring to be concise, I become obscure."; "In adversity remember to keep an even mind."; "If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself."; "If matters go badly now, they will not always be so."; "I teach that all men are mad."; "I strive to be brief but I become obscure."; "I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well."; "I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me."; "He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin."; "He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."; "He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long."; "He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass."; "He has the deed half done who has made a beginning."; "He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world."; "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."; "Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing."; "Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much."; "Fidelity is the sister of justice."; "Every old poem is sacred."; "Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing."; "Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth."; "Begin, be bold and venture to be wise."; "Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them."; "Anger is a short madness."; "Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it."; "Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant."; "A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably."; "A word once uttered can never be recalled."; "A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them."; "A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong."; "A picture is a poem without words."; "A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius."; "A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune."; "A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient."
