"This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist"
"The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet"
"The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable"
"Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even"
"He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin"
"I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me"
"Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person"
"When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed"
"If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him"
"Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born"
"Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least"
"If matters go badly now, they will not always be so"
"Whatever advice you give, be short"
"Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow"
"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor"
"Make a good use of the present"
"What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye"
"The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain"
"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes"
"Poets wish to profit or to please"
"Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings"
"Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings"
"Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things"
"One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions"
"O imitators, you slavish herd!"
"Nothing's beautiful from every point of view"
"No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water"
"No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers"
"Knowledge without education is but armed injustice"
"It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while"
"Words will not fail when the matter is well considered"
"Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone"
"You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all"
