The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.

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.

Wine and women bring misery.

It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them.

I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, "I do not love thee."

Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.

I have not hated the man, but his faults.