What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee. |
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. |
Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly. |
Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised. |
Whatever may befall thee, it was preordained for thee from everlasting |
Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being. |
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time. |
Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath, and the ruling part. |
When a poet presents you with blank leaves you should consider it no small present |
When I was ill, you came to me, Doctor, and with great urgency A hundred students brought With you A most instructive case to view The hundred fingered me with hands Chill'd by the blasts of northern lands: Fever at outset had I none I have it, Sir, |
When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans |
When the blandishments of life are gone, the coward creeps to death - the brave lives on |
When the crowd of your admirers is shouting, "Bravo! Hear, hear!" it is not you, Pomponius, but your dinner that is eloquent |
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. |
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. |