Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Much effort, much prosperity.

Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.

No one is happy all his life long.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Leave no stone unturned.

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.

But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.

Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.

Authority is never without hate.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

The lucky person passes for a genius.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

There is just one life for each of us: our own.

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

The best of seers is he who guesses well.

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.

When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.

No one who lives in error is free.

This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

Friends show their love in times of trouble.

There is the sky, which is all men's together.

'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.