Petronius

"The lover who compares his beloved to others has already ceased to love."

"Patience is the virtue of the weak, yet it breaks the strong."

"We are all slaves to something; the question is whether we choose our master."

"The written word outlives the speaker by centuries."

"Success purchased at the cost of integrity is hollow victory."

"Nature knows no haste, yet accomplishes everything."

"The man who fears criticism will never dare to create."

"Time is the cruelest of all thieves, stealing even our memories."

"True friendship requires no explanation, only understanding."

"The pursuit of pleasure without restraint leads to the deepest misery."

"Hope is the delusion of the desperate, yet without it we perish."

"Knowledge without application is merely entertainment for the mind."

"The greatest cruelty is to deny someone their dignity."

"Music is the mathematics of the soul made audible."

"We are shaped not by what happens to us, but by our response to it."

"The family that was not chosen is the one we must learn to love."

"Power corrupts not the strong, but the weak who wield it."

"In love, the giver becomes more possessed than the possessor."

"The man of true courage is he who admits his fear."

"History repeats itself for those who refuse to listen."

"Work is not the curse; idleness is the disease."

"The dreamer who never wakes is no better than the dead."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"Strength is not the absence of weakness, but mastery over it."

"The joke that requires explanation has already failed."

"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who suffer now."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but harmony within it."

"The adventure is not in the destination, but in the becoming."

"Imagination is the only weapon against the tyranny of reality."

"Technology is the tool of man, yet man becomes the tool of technology."