Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.

The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.