Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

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

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.

He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.