Quotes, Quotations and Sayings

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

To generous souls every task is noble.

Account no man happy till he dies.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

No one is happy all his life long.

'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

No one who lives in error is free.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.

Friends show their love in times of trouble...

The wavering mind is but a base possession.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman.

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.

The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

There is the sky, which is all men's together.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

You ask whether I have ever been in love: fool as I am, I am not such a fool as that. But if one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business. But though I have no personal experience of the things they call love, I have what is better -- the experience of Sappho, of Euripides, of Catallus, of Shakespeare, of Spenser, of Austen, of Bronte, of anyone else I have read.

It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved by many friends.

Noble fathers have noble children.

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing.

I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.

The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.

Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.

The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.

The wisest men follow their own direction.

I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.

My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

I care for riches, to make giftsTo friends, or lead a sick man back to healthWith ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealthFor daily gladness; once a man be doneWith hunger, rich and poor are all as one.

I hate it in friends when they come too late to help.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

When love is in excess it brings a man nor honor nor any worthiness.

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

Time cancels young pain.

Much effort, much prosperity.

There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quite conscience.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.