Nothing but truth is lovely, nothing fair.

Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: But with poverty everything becomes frightful.

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

Who lives content with little possesses everything.

Nature always springs to the surface and manages to show what she is. It is vain to stop or try to drive her back. She breaks through every obstacle, pushes forward, and at last makes for herself a way.