It is much easier to begin than to end.

The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.

Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.

The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

Man is no man, but a wolf