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/ page 910 of 1205 /A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
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Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
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He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.
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If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
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Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
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I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.
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It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
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Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.
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This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.
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Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
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Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
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O imitators, you slavish herd!
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Labor diligently to increase your property.
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Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
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The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
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Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
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Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
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Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
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