“Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.”

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

In a shared fish, there are no bones.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.

To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.

Endings are also beginnings with a destination unknown.

Allow failure to teach you A supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning Of a very, very bright And powerful sunrise.

He who did well in war just earns the right, To begin doing well in peace.

The way you begin each day defines how you’ll live each day.

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.

When you come to the end, that’s where God begins.

He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.