Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.
If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.