It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad..

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little….

As in the case of painters, who have undertaken to give us a beautiful and graceful figure, which may have some slight blemishes, we do not wish then….

For he who gives no fuel to fire puts it out, and likewise he who does not in the beginning nurse his wrath and does not puff himself up with anger t….

That proverbial saying, "Ill news goes quick and far..

It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty..

Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue..

Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be numbered with mortals, ….

Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of lif….

It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others..

Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked why, ….

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics..

King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are.".

Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wrong….

Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw a….

A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service..

All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own..

To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature..

Aristodemus, a friend of Antigonus, supposed to be a cook's son, advised him to moderate his gifts and expenses. "Thy words," said he, "Aristodemus, ….

Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing th….

Proper listening is the foundation of proper living..