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.

The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the heap which she is piling up, not unaware nor careless of the future.

Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.