The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.