To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.

You would rouse to anger a heart of stone.

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.

Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.

To women silence gives their proper grace.