I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking.
The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as long as he is afraid
Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend.
Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment.
The wealth of the soul is the only true wealth.
Avarice is a cursed vice: offer a man enough gold, and he will part with his own small hoard of food, however great his hunger.