One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
To generous souls every task is noble.
We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.
When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment.
Oh, trebly blest the placid lot of those whose hearth foundations are in pure love laid, where husband's breast with tempered ardor glows, and wife, oft mother, is in heart a maid!
The wisest men follow their own direction.