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.
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.