Those who cross the sea, change sky, but not soul..

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them..

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it..

He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful with that which is agreeable..

Do not try to find out - we're forbidden to know - what end the gods have in store for me, or for you..

All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off..

There is no such thing as perfect happiness..

Make a good use of the present..

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view..

Joy, grief, desire or fear, whate'er the name The passion bears, its influence is the same; Where things exceed your hope or fall below, You stare, l….

It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty….

No one is content with his own lot..

Money amassed either serves us or rules us..

Be modest in speech, but excel in action..

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek..

Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance..

Being, be bold and venture to be wise..

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant..

Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much..

I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the p….

The Cadiz tribe, not used to bearing our yoke..