WednesdayMar 11, 2026
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I hate it in friends when they come too late to help.
A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
There's nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.
Vengeance comes not openly, either upon you or any wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.
Wealth is of all things the most esteemed by men and has the greatest power of all things in the world.
What else is an old man but voice and shadow?
What we look for does not come to pass. God finds a way for what none foresaw.
Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.
Youth holds no society with grief.
The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength.
He is not a lover who does not love forever.
Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?
The God of War hates those who hesitate.
Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.
Sound judgment, with discernment, is the best of seers.
Life is short, yet sweet.
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
Judge a tree from its fruit; not from the leaves.
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
He is wise that is wise to himself.
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
There is no evil as terrible as a woman.
Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad.
Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lend aid.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.
Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.
Account no man happy till he dies.
Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.
To generous souls, every task is noble.
I sacrifice to no god save myself And to my belly, greatest of deities.
Among mortals second thoughts are the wisest.
Second thoughts are ever wiser.
A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.
Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy.
Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
Twas but my tongue, twas not my soul that swore.
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
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.
Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead.
Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.
Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Slight not what's near, when aiming at what's far.
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