Seneca

No man can swim ashore and take his baggage with him.

Light griefs can speak; great ones are dumb.

Finally, everybody agrees that no one pursuit can be successfully followed by a man who is preoccupied with many things—eloquence cannot, nor the liberal studies—since the mind, when distracted, takes...

He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.

The worse a person is the less he feels it.