If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.