Poet

Dunia adalah tragedi bagi mereka yang merasa, tetapi komedi bagi mereka yang berpikir.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

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.

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.