“Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.”

Silence is often advantageous.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

No just person ever became quickly rich.

Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.

There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.

Whom the gods love dies young.

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.

Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

A man that runs away may fight again.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Why should he who is scared be careful?

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.

Life feels less lonely, and that’s a big obstacle to overcome.

Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.

I will be small in small things, great among great.

To laugh is proper to man.

A public debt is a kind of anchor in the storm; but if the anchor be too heavy for the vessel, she will be sunk by that very weight which was intended for her preservation.

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.

Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.