“It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.”

Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Simple is the speech of truth.

By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.

Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.

When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.

There is no avoidance in delay.

Fear is stronger than arms.

Give me an answer which is plain to understand.

Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.

Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

The reward of suffering is experience.

When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls.

In times of crisis, the wise build bridges while the foolish barriers.

I’d be foolish not to take some of these opportunities that are coming my way.

Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.

Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I’m never not thinking of you.

My mother understood human nature better and never chided. She knew that a man cannot be saved from his own foolishness or vice by someone else’s efforts or protests, but only by the use of his own will.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.