“Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability”

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.

Keep in mind that whenever you are in a crisis, you are in the midst of danger as well as opportunity.

There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the spark of life inside me ablaze.

It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.

I did some soul-searching, took a break and decided I was going to live my life only for me.

went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.

“If by chance you ever feel as though you’ve come to know these songs, please consider yourself a friend because in a manner of speaking, you know me.

We have to fight them daily, lake fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies.