Occupation: Writer Birth: 85 Bc Death: 43
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations..
The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome..
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own..
Wise man also fears a weak enemy..
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he..
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness..
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity..
Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself..
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others..
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph..
There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe..
It is an unhappy lot which finds no enemies..
To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it..
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken..
He who wrongs one threatens many..
To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart..
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir..
No one reaches a high position without daring..
Through indecision opportunity is often lost..
One day treats us like a hireling nurse, another like a mother..
Even a single hair casts its shadow..