There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.

He can afford to be a fool.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

For, once begun, Your task is easy; half the work is done.

Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.

The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.

The sorrowful dislike the gay, and the gay the sorrowful.