"Let your speech be better than silence, or be silent." —Dionysius

"A humble art affords us daily bread." —Nero

"The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future." —Epicurus

"Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light." —Thales

"I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid." —Cato

"Deaths that are greater, greater portions gain." —Heraclitus

"The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature." —Zeno

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak." —Epictetus

"It is thus with farming: if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work." —Cato The Elder

"Mastery of reading and writing requires a master. Still more so life." —Marcus Aurelius