Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid.

Better to accept whatever happens.

The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.

Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than lightning.

If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.

The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.