The things, that are repeated again and again, are pleasant.

You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.

If you wish me to weep, you yourself must first feel grief.

Gold will be slave or master.

The arrow will not always find the mark intended.

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid.