It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man.
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.