A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad.
Friendship multiplies blessings and...soothes the soul.
All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure.