A Prating Barber Asked Archelaus How He

Euripides Was Wont To Say, Silence Was An Answer To A Wise Man; But We Seem To Have Greater Occasion For It In Our Dealing With Fools And Unreasonable Persons; For Men Of Breeding And Sense Will Be Satisfied With Reason And Fair Words.

He Is A Fool Who Leaves Things Close At Hand To Follow What Is Out Of Reach.

The Whole Life Of Man Is But A Point Of Time; Let Us Enjoy It.

Friendship Is The Most Pleasant Of All Things, And Nothing More Glads The Heart Of Man.

Men Who Marry Wives Very Much Superior To Themselves Are Not So Truly Husbands To Their Wives As They Are Unawares Made Slaves To Their Position.