Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
An undertaking beset with danger.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.