He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.

... frugality makes a poor man rich.

No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

The stomach begs and clamors, and listens to no precepts. And yet it is not an obdurate creditor; for it is dismissed with small payment if you give it only what you owe, and not as much as you can.

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.