C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
Thales
Conceal thy domestic ills.
Hope is the only good which is common to all men; those who have nothing more possess hope still.
Hope is the poor man’s bread.
Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created; nothing more beautiful than the world, it is the work of that same God; nothing more active than thought, for it flies over the whole universe; nothing stronger than necessity, for all must submit to it.
Take Time by the forelock.
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.