It passes in the world for greatness of mind, to be perpetually giving and loading people with bounties; but it is one thing to know how to give and another thing not to know how to keep. Give me a heart that is easy and open, but I will have no holes in it; let it be bountiful with judgment, but I will have nothing run out of it I know not how.

Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent.

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.

One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.

What you think is the summit is only a step up