Occupation: Writer Birth: 85 Bc Death: 43
In doubtful matters boldness is everything..
What valor cannot win, flattery may..
Even one hair has a shadow..
There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control..
It is easier to add to a great reputation than to get it..
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing..
Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have..
Wisdom had rather be buffeted than not listened to..
It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are..
He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak..
The wounds of conscience always leave a scar..
He is the least in want who is the least covetous..
When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company..
There is no pain in the wound received in the moment of victory..
Bad nature never lacks an instructor..
It is only the ignorant who despise education..
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself..
Yesterday should be the teacher of today..
Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it..
What a tragedy is help where it harms what it supports!.