It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.
God can change the lowest to the highest, abase the proud, and raise the humble.
You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.