He who does not prevent a crime, when he can, encourages it.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.

Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.

There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.

It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.