Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall.

How beautiful is modesty! It winneth upon all beholders; but a word or a glance may destroy the pure love that should have been for thee.

Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

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.

Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.