There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.

Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more.

For what is man's soul but a flame? It flickers in and around the body of a man as does the flame around the rough log.

What is so certain of victory as patience?

There is so little that one can do for the dead!

It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant spat three times for each cat, as his mother had taught him to do.

Young horses who cannot bear the whip or spur find life hard. At every smart they start forward and rush to their destruction, and when the way is stony and difficult, they know no better expedient than to overturn the cart and gallop madly away.