Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.
Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.
He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.
O imitators, you slavish herd!
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.