I make myself rich by making my wants few.

Impulse is, after all, the best linguist; its logic, if not conformable to Aristotle, cannot fail to be most convincing.

I know a good woman who thinks that her son lost his life because he took to drinking water only.

The fishermen say that the "thundering of the pond" scares the fishes and prevents their biting.

If you are a seer, whenever you meet a man you will see all that he owns, ay, and much that he pretends to disown, behind him.

. . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.