Be, as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to your friends.

Quote by Juvenal

Topics: Lost Friendship Quotes

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the...

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the...

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

Honesty is praised and starves

Honesty is praised and starves

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.