There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.