Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

If you will take me as your teacher, you will not kick against the pricks.

Fear is stronger than arms.

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

There is no avoidance in delay.

Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.

Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.