As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
As many suffer from too much as too little.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.