You will not rightly call him a happy man who possesses much; he more rightly earns the name of happy who is skilled in wisely using the gifts of the gods, and in suffering hard poverty, and who fears disgrace as worse than death.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

The same (hated) man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget.

Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.

If you know anything better than this candidly impart it; if not, use this with me.

Force without judgement falls on its own weight.

Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.