Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world. |
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. |
Men are disturbed not by things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen. |
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them |
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak. |
Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak |
Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak |
Nature has given men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak. |
Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak |
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope |
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? is not this also a return? |
No great thing is created suddenly. |
No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. |
No man is free who is not a master of himself |
No man is free who is not master of himself. |