It is better to live than lie dead. A dead man gathers no goods. I saw warm fire at a wealthy man’s house himself dead at the door.
A man needs warmth, the warmth of fire and of the shining sun. A healthy man is a happy man who is neither ill nor injured.
Ask you must and answer well to be called clever. One may know your secret never a second. If three, a thousand will know.
The brave and generous have the best lives. They’re seldom sorry. The unwise man is always worried, fears favors to repay.
He is truly wise who’s travelled far and knows the ways of the world. He who has travelled can tell what spirit governs the men he meets.
Wake early if you want another man’s life or land. No lamb for the lazy wolf. No battles won in bed.
Two wooden stakes stood in the field, there I hung my hat and cloak. They had character in fine clothes. Naked I was nothing.
A true friend whom you trust well and wish for his good will: go to him often exchange gifts and keep him company.
Never walk away from home ahead of your axe and sword. You can’t feel a battle in your bones or foresee a fight.
Better a humble house than none. A man is master at home. A pair of goats and a patched roof are better than begging.
A bad friend is far away though his cottage is close. To a true friend lies a trodden road though his farm lies far away
The traveller must
train his wits.
All is easy at home.
He who knows little
is a laughing-stock
amongst the men of the world.
Cattle die, kinsmen die, you yourself die; I know one thing which never dies: the judgment of a dead man's life.
If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.
I'd rather live with a good question than a bad answer.
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.