A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.
Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.
The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.
Nothing is our except time.