Only he who is without anything is without enemies.

A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.

Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith.

But they were fated to misunderstand each other.

Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

In life we pay for the evil that in life we do.

When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself