Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us.

Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

Your prayer must be for a healthy mind in a sound body. Ask for a brave soul that has no fear of death, deems length of life the least of nature's gifts and is able to bear any kind of sufferings, knows neither wrath nor desire and believes the woes and hard labors of Hercules better than the loves and feasts and downy cushions of Sardanapalus. Reveal what you are able to give yourself; the only path to a life of tranquility lies through virtue.

There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.