Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.
O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.