If thou expect death as a friend, prepare to entertain it; if thou expect death as an enemy, prepare to overcome it; death has no advantage, but when it comes a stranger.

Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.

If thy daughter marry well, thou hast found a son; if not, thou hast lost a daughter.

Seest thou good days? Prepare for evil times. No summer but hath its winter. He never reaped comfort in adversity that sowed not in prosperity.

Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.

Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.

Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand, and a closed mouth.