In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.
An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.
Forgiveness is the divinest of victories.
If yon wish to be like the gods on earth, to be free in the realms of the dead, pluck not the fruit from the garden! In appearance it may glisten to the eye; but the perishable pleasure of possession quickly avenges the curse of curiosity.
The brave person thinks of himself last of all.
Chains of iron or of silk-both are chains.