“It’s the wise man who stays home when he’s drunk.”

Mortal fate is hard. You’d best get used to it.

Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.

Wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.

Every man is like the company he wont to keep.

Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.

Hate is a bottomless cup; I will pour and pour.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.

Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

Experience, travel – these are an education in themselves.

We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

God helps him who strives hard.