Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.