Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them. -James Oliver 'Tomorrow I will live,' the fool does say; tomorrow itself is late; the wise live yesterday.

While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.

If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.

No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!