The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not have spread his net. The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God.
A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.