“Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.”

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

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.

You don’t want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way.

If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.

A simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.

There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

I’ve been married a few times. I’m not good at it.