Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.
Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.
People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.
The cure of many diseases remains unknown to the physicians of Hellos (Greece) because they do not study the whole person.
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be. . . those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes. . . those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober - minded men.
Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty.
The friend must be like money, that before you need it, the value is known.
I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters.
The test of a successful person is not an ability to eliminate all problems before they arise, but to meet and work out difficulties when they do arise.
The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. (p. 35)
If you're in love with someone maybe you can show it too much.