The wealthy seldom possess wealth: oftener they are possessed by it.
However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.
Experience, if we only learn by it, is cheap at any price.
Of the future, man knows least; yet, about this, he worries most.
As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.
Experience is the only good 'tis safer to borrow than to buy.