Avoid dishonest gain: no price can recompence the pangs of vice.
The only time not wasted is wasted time.
On second thought, it's a good thing love is blind otherwise it would see too much.
Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.
I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you feel that is common or that may be useful; for this will be the best method of imprinting such portcullis in your memory.
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.