Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with ….

Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best defence against a knave..

Knavery is the best defense against a knave..

If you declare that you are naturally designed for such a diet, then first kill for yourself what you want to eat. Do it, however, only through your ….

Caesar's wife should be above suspicion..

Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth..

There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for little….

Pittacus said, "Every one of you hath his particular plague, and my wife is mine; and he is very happy who hath this only"..

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating wha….

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity..

If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are ind….

After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your a….

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues..