The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.
What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now.
It is art to conceal art. -Ars est celare artem
I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear.