“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
“Prevention is better than cure.”
“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”
“The desire to write grows with writing.”
“A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.”
“The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.”
“He that gives quickly gives twice.”
“No one is wise at all times.”
“He who forgets the good things he has is made old that very day.”
“Vain is the word of a philosopher by whom no human suffering is healed.”
“We must consider both the ultimate end and the evidence of the senses.”
“He is richest who is content with least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.”
“Necessity is an evil, but there is no necessity to live under the rule of necessity.”
“The laws exist for the sake of the wise, not that they may not do wrong, but that they may not be wronged.”
“The beginning and root of all good is the pleasure of the stomach.”
“The wise man shows gratitude, and constantly speaks well of his friends.”
“It is vain to ask of the gods what one is capable of supplying for oneself.”
“We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help.”
“We consider wealth to be a great good, not for its own sake, but for the sake of security.”
“The same conviction which makes us certain there is nothing terrible in not living makes us see that there is nothing to be feared in life.”