“This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.”

We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.

He means well’ is useless unless he does well.

A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.

Let deeds correspond with words.

Where there are friends there is wealth.

If you speak insults you will hear them also.

I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.

If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.

A word to the wise is sufficient

Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.

Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.

Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.

Everything eaten is killed. Every meal is a sacrifice.

Relax. Nothing is under control.

To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.

Let us be different in our homes.

Love is the only thing that can break us down as much as it can lift us up.

Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.

Dreams grow holy put in action.