No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace.

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find.