Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.
Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.
It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.