Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.
Marcus Tullius Cicero De Officiis
In all things there is a law of cycles.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
Quintilian
You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.
Dialogues Plato
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Numbers 63 Bible Hebrew
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
Aristophenes
Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.