A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

There is a proper measure in all things, certain limits beyond which and short of which right is not to be found. Who so cultivates the golden mean avoids the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.

The earth opens impartially her bosom to receive the beggar and the prince.

Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.