If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, "I will live." To-morrow's life is too late; live to-day.
The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.