No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.

Economy is in itself a great source of revenue.

The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?

You roll my log, and I will roll yours.

Human nature is so constituted that insults sink deeper than kindnesses; the remembrance of the latter soon passes away, while that of the former is treasured in the memory.

How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself?

The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.