The good man makes others good.
Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.
Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.