This is what it means to be a slave; to be abused and bear it; compelled by violence to suffer wrong.
The brave endure their labors, the cowardly are worth the cowards nothing at all.
He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.