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

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

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

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

"The lucky person passes for a genius."

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

"Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head."

"The bold are helpless without cleverness."

"Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world."

"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."

"Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing."

"Authority is never without hate."

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

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

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

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

"I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too."

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

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

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

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

"Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom."

"The greatest pleasure of life is love."

"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."

"Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides."

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

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

"He is not a lover who does not love forever."

"New faces have more authority than accustomed ones."

"Much effort, much prosperity."

"To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter."

"The wavering mind is but a base possession."

"Nothing has more strength than dire necessity."

"Life has no blessing like a prudent friend."

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

"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."

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

"Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err."

"Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment."

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

"Among mortals second thoughts are wisest."

"No one who lives in error is free."

"Prosperity is full of friends."

"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."

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

"Friends show their love in times of trouble."

"Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain."

"The good and the wise lead quiet lives."

"Silence is true wisdom's best reply."

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