It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.

The arrow will not always find the mark intended.

It was a wine jar when the molding began: as the wheel runs round why does it turn out a water pitcher?

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel.

Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters.