Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Truth is the mother of all virtues.
While theres life, theres hope.
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
Owing to a lack of judgment, many inscriptions are written on gravestones.
There is nothing so absurd that it has not been said by some philosopher.
The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own tendencies.
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
It is absurd for the law to be a mere shadow of justice.
In times of war, the law falls silent.
What is right is more important than who is right.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what they cannot see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
More money is missed in the economic transactions of the world than is gained.
There is nothing more necessary than the study of the law.
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, youve got to start young.
We cannot all be masters.
If you wish to be rich, do not add to your money but subtract from your desire.
It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.
The whole world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
Nature is the greatest teacher.
There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
Consideration for others is the basis of a good life.
Fortune favors the bold.
Life is like a play; it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
He who knows how to think and wait will be in charge of his destiny.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
To live is to think.