With parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich.
Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.
Forgive that you may be forgiven.
Life is short and art is long.
The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.