Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad.

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even if you have nothing else.

Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.

Know the great men of your age.

One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground

The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.

The crutch of Time accomplishes more than the club of Hercules.