To live long it is necessary to live slowly.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

Nothing is so unpredictable as a throw of the dice, and yet every man who plays often will at some time or other make a Venus-cast: now and then he indeed will make it twice and even thrice in succession. Are we going to be so feebleminded then as to aver that such a thing happened by the personal intervention of Venus rather than by pure luck?

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.

Ability without honor is useless.