I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.

Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.

So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.

That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.

A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane