Occupation: Writer Birth: 85 Bc Death: 43
Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely..
Society in shipwreck is comfort to all..
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.].
When fortune flatters, she does it to betray..
If you can walk, you can run..
They who plough the sea do not carry the winds in their hands..
There is no safety in regaining the favor of an enemy..
Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one..
Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss..
An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies..
It matters not how long you live, but how well..
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt..
Man has been lent, not given, to life..
Lovers know what they want, but not what they need..
A fair exterior is a silent recommendation..
Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk..
It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man..
In love, anger is always false..
He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one..
In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth..
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity..