The light of the understanding, humility kindleth and pride covereth.

The place of charity, like that of God, is everywhere.

If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee.

Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.

Rather do what is nothing to the purpose than be idle; that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot, when fliers scape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and the self-made sepulchre of a living man.

The next way home's the farthest way about.

If thou desire not to be poor, desire not to be too rich. He is rich, not that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is poor, not that enjoys little, but he that wants too much. The contented mind wants nothing which it hath not; the covetous mind wants, not only what it hath not, but likewise what it hath.