The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
Ah Fortune, what god is more cruel to us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human life!
When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.
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.
No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.