Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other. death
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. truth
Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other. war
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. knowledge
Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune. music
Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art. art
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. truth
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. power
God bears with the wicked, but not forever. God
When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome. art
Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. fear
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. experience
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. experience
There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. war
Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water. truth
That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. nature & women
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. best
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. fear & hope
He who loses wealth loses much he who loses a friend loses more but he that loses his courage loses all. courage
Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. design
No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly. parenting