Nothing, in excess. |
O Strangers! By Anacreon's tomb who pass, Shed o'er it wine, in life he lov'd his glass |
One minute of patience, ten years of peace |
One witness one liar; more witnesses, all liars |
Painless poverty is better than embittered wealth |
Passing from mouth to mouth it was learned by a thousand, and by the time it came to be heard by the king he learned of how a cow laid an egg! |
Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal |
Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I curse my natal hour, Who naught enjoyed while young, denied the means; And naught when old enjoyed, denied the power |
Success has many friends |
Terrifying are the weaknesses of power |
The beginning is half of every action |
The fox is one hundred years old its' child is one hundred and ten. |
The liar and the thief rejoice in their first year only. |
The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small |
The rabbits' eye differs from that of the owl. |