Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

He is not poor who has a competency.

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.

Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain.

While I am sane I shall compare nothing to the joy of a friend.

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

Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age, nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.