What does it avail you, if of many thorns only one be removed? |
What fugitive from his country can also escape from himself. |
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye. |
What with your friend you nobly share; At least you rescue from your heir |
Whatever advice you give, be short. |
Whatever your advice, make it brief |
When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed. |
When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief. |
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one. |
Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe. |
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. |
Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been ro |
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace. |
Whoever prizes the golden mean. |
Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year? |