Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

Don't think, just do.

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

A picture is a poem without words.

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

Anger is a short madness.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.