Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.

If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.

Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.

I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets.

Boy, I loathe Persian luxury.

Humble things become the humble.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.