No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Fidelity is the sister of justice.
If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.