He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible..

To know all things is not permitted..

Every old poem is sacred..

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world..

Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full….

The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself..

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers..

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably..

Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious..

You will not rightly call him a happy man who possesses much; he more rightly earns the name of happy who is skilled in wisely using the gifts of the….

In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity..

The mob will now and then see things in a right light..

Whatever advice you give, be short..

Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs..

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed..

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid..

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel..

The ear of the bridled horse is in the mouth..

Humble things become the humble..

In the word of no master am I bound to believe..