The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.
The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.
For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres.
He is always a slave who cannot live on little.
Rule your mind or it will rule you.