Time which diminishes all things increases understanding for the aging.

When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

Euripides was wont to say, silence was an answer to a wise man; but we seem to have greater occasion for it in our dealing with fools and unreasonable persons; for men of breeding and sense will be satisfied with reason and fair words.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

Wickedness frames the engines of her own torment. She is a wonderful artisan of a miserable life.

The crowns of kings do not prevent those who wear them from being tormented sometimes by violent headaches.