Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.

He who believes needs no explanation.

The brash unbridled tongue, the lawless folly of fools, will end in pain. But the life of wise content is blest with quietness, escapes the storm and keeps its house secure.

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.