Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.
Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.
The past is certain, the future obscure.
I did not become a father because I am fond of children.
Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.
Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.