A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold over his eyes so that he does not see his defects but considers them signs of charm and intelligence and recounts them to his friends as if they were clever and witty.

Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.

Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.

I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.

Do not eat garlic or onions; for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.