How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.
It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.
Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.
Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.