The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle.

Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?

I teach that all men are mad.

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.

He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.