Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
The wish for healing has always been half of health.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
All art is but imitation of nature.
If you judge, investigate.
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
Modesty forbids what the law does not.
One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
