Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.
Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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.
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove; but things which affect your mind you defer.