We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze, we long for it jealously.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
Better to accept whatever happens.
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.