A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.
Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.
We Are Interested In Others When They Are Interested In Us
What we fear comes to pass more speedily than what we hope.
He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.
Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
As men we are all equal in the presence of death.
He who is shipwrecked twice is foolish to blame the sea.
From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own.
Learn to see in another’s calamity the ills which you should avoid.
Avarice is as destitute of what it has as poverty is of what it has not.
Unless you bear with the faults of a friend you betray your own.
He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
We must master our good fortune or it will master us.
Each day should be passed as though it were our last.
It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it.
From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own.
Learn to see in another’s calamity the ills which you should avoid.
If you wish to reach the highest begin at the lowest.
The greatest of empires, is the empire over one’s self.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.
Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.