Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul.
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to the true.
Poverty urges us to do and suffer anything that we may escape from it, and so leads us away from virtue.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
As riches grow, care follows, and a thirst For more and more.