Since long I’ve held silence a remedy for harm. |
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel. |
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough. |
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. |
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety. |
My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair. |
Mourn for me rather as living than as dead. |
Know not to revere human things too much. |
Memory is the mother of all wisdom. |
Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence. |
Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature. |
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. |
Put your shoulder to the wheel. |
Plodding wins the race. |
Please all, and you will please none. |
Persuasion is often more effectual than force. |
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. |
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves. |
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. |
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. |
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. |
United we stand, divided we fall. |
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. |
Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. |
Slow but steady wins the race. |
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. |
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. |
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. |
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. |
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. |
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. |
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. |
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. |
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. |
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. |
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. |
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. |
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. |
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. |
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. |
Appearances are often deceiving. |
Any excuse will serve a tyrant. |
After all is said and done, more is said than done. |
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. |
Adventure is worthwhile. |
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him. |
The gods help them that help themselves. |
Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. |
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. |
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another. |
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. |
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. |
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. |
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs. |
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