Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.