Every journey has an end.

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.

Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.

Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?

Who is everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.