There is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

He who fears from near at hand often fears less.

Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.

We must take care to live not merely a long life, but a full one; for living a long life requires only good fortune, but living a full life requires character. Long is the life that is fully lived; it is fulfilled only when the mind supplies its own good qualities and empowers itself from within.

The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.

Trifling trouble find utterance; deeply felt pangs are silent.