Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.