The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.
Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.