Oaths are not the credit of men but men of oaths.
Only through suffering do we learn
Neither a life of anarchy nor a life under a despot should you praise. To all that lies in the middle has a god given excellence.
On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged.
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
The best by far is to marry in one's own rank.