Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man.

Fairly examined, truly understood, No man is wholly bad, nor wholly good.

Boy, you're like a horse. Just now sated with seed, You've come back to my stable, Yearning for a good rider, fine meadow, An icy spring, shady groves.

He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.

Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue.

The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.

Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.

Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man.

Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought.

Ploutos , no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins !

One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.

I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.

I'm dreaming of a month of Sundays.

The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter.

T'ain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.

We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.

Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.

If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.

I am overrun, infested with a menagerie of desires.

You have to be like the pebble in the stream, keeping the grain and rolling along without being dissolved or dissolving anything else.