The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.

I shall strike the stars with my uplifted head.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much.

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.

There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue.

He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others.