“Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.”

You must spend money, if you wish to make money.

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.

Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.

It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.

I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.

The evil that we know is best.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.

If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.

You will stir up the hornets.

He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

I am myself my own commander.

Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It’s all funny.

There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.

I’m the fastest walker, and everyone makes fun of me for it.

It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it’s close.

I feel like I grew up too fast a long time ago.

Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.

We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We’re in a race against time, until we run out of money.

The number one reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they’ve gotten.