The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
The wise man’s home is the universe.
The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul is the Universe.
It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.
To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.