To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose |
To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less will be your grief |
To read my book, the virgin shy - May blush, while Brutus standeth by: But when he's gone, read through what's writ, And never stain a cheek for it |
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. |
To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution |
To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution |
To them that ask, 'Where have you seen the gods, or how do you know for certain there are gods, that you are so devout in their worship?' I answer, 'Neither have I ever seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.' |
To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. |
To yield to the stronger is valor's second prize |
Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday |
Varus did lately me to supper call, The table sumptuous was, the supper small; Loaden it was with weight of gold, not meat; Much to be seen was served, little to eat; Varus, our mouths not our eyes, to feast we're here; Take hence thy plate, or fil |
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking |
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. |
We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that. |
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. |