Those who master themselves no longer live so exposed to chance. - Stoicism
Any man can love thousands of girls, but he has to be a real man to love just one girl, in thousands of ways.
Nicholas Jonas
It is not enough to go to the river with the intention of catching fish; You also need to bring a hammock.
Chinese Proverb
The Dog and the Chunk of Meat "One day, a dog, carrying a chunk of meat in its mouth, was crossing a bridge. Looking down, he saw his own image reflected...
Fabulist Aesop of Hellas
A painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.
Paul Valery
Most men, in politics as in everything, attribute the results of their imprudence to the firmness of their principles.
Benjamin Constant