He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.