You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish.
A man is not completely born until he is dead.
Avoid dishonest gain: no price can recompence the pangs of vice.
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.