Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
DEMOCRITUSDisease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
More Democritus Quotes
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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