The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.

The physician cannot prescribe by letter, he must feel the pulse.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

The proper amount of wealth is that which neither descends to poverty nor is far distant from it.

The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Every journey has an end.