There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.

Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy

Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.

Be sure, either that thou art stronger than thine enemy, or that thou hast a swifter pair of heels.

That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.

There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.

Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.