The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.
The gentlest man cannot live in peace if it does not please his wicked neighbor.
The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.
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.
Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.