Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.

I think that fortune watcheth o'er our lives, surer than we. But well said: he who strives will find his goals strive for him equally.

Time will bring healing.

Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.

The gods have sent medicines for the venom of serpents, but there is no medicine for a bad woman. She is more noxious than the viper, or than fire itself.

What anger worse or slower to abate then lovers love when it turns to hate.

The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.