“Grasp the subject, the words will follow.”
“An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.”
“Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.”
“Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.”
“If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.”
“Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.”
“The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.”
“It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.”
“I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.”
“After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”
“It is thus with farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.”
“Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.”
“I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.”