The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

It often happens that we blurt out things that may in some kind of way be harmful to us, but we are silent about things that may make us look ridiculous; because in this case effect follows very quickly on cause.

To forgive and forget means to throw away dearly bought experience.

The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy.

Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is.