“Laziness is the mother of all evils.”

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.

Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.

Being against evil doesn’t make you good.

When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.

You can make money doing evil.

There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.