“Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.”

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

The truth is always the strongest argument.

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.

But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.

When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.

Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.

What people believe prevails over the truth.

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.