Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
In everything one must consider the end.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.