Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.

Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

I am telling you to be a slow-speaking person.

There is no power greater than true affection.

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor.