What else is nature but God?
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver; whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron.
A thousand approaches lie open to death.
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.