In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.

The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for country life.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.

The bowl dispels corroding cares.