I believe that man to be wretched whom none can please.
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.