Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

The people should fight for their law as for their city wall.

The sun is new each day.

The waking have one world in common; sleepers have each a private world of his own.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

There is nothing permanent except change.