“It is much easier to begin than to end.”

Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.

Wine is a cunning wrestler.

A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

He who dies for virtue does not perish.

Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.

Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.

Never speak ill of an absent friend.

Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.

The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Laws are subordinate to custom.

That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.

Fully secure systems don’t exist today and they won’t exist in the future.

Give yourself a moment, to breathe, to love, to heal and to live.

I lay the clothes out on the floor with the shoes and socks,

It’s disheartening that animal people criticize societies that enlist the help of actors or organize creative acts like ‘I’d rather go naked than wear fur,’ to increase public awareness to our cause.

They are intelligent beings in their own right, and thoroughly self-sufficient… if not molested by humans.

I’m not saying that negatively. It’s healthy.

Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.

And you don’t want them to look at you in a negative light.