As long as you live, learn how to live.

It is well to be born either a king or a fool.

Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.

Why does no one confess his sins? Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams.

How much longer are you going to be a pupil? From now on do some teaching as well.

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.