I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot.

Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.

The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.

For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.