He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.
Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth.
He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
Lighter is the wound foreseen.
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.