Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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.
He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.