Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger.

Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world, But that which hath vexed thee most, hath been the looking for evil; And though calamities have crossed thee, and misery been heaped on thy head, Yet ills that never happened, have chiefly made thee wretched.

Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.

Knowledge is leagued with the universe, and findeth a friend in all things; but ignorance is everywhere a stranger, unwelcome; ill at ease and out of place.

If wealth come, beware of him, the smooth, false friend! There is treachery in his proffered hand; his tongue is eloquent to tempt; lust of many harms is lurking in his eye; he hath a hollow heart; use him cautiously.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

He who commits a wrong will himself inevitably see the writing on the wall, though the world may not count him guilty.