Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you embrace another.
Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.
Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.