He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.

Fire is next akin to smoke.

I suspect that hunger was my mother.

Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.

To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.

Courage in danger is half the battle.