If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort….

How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life..

Silence is often advantageous..

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum..

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart..

The good man makes others good..

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess..

It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken..

Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there..

Nothing is more useful than silence..

Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman..

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor..

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman..

There is but one genuine love potion - consideration..

The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light..

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself..

Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes..

Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats aw….

No just person ever became quickly rich..

The character of a man is known from his conversations..

To live is not to live for one's self; let us help one another..