To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection
O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.