It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than what you have sowed. There, methinks, it were a proper place for men to sow their wild oats, where they would not spring up.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.