That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.

Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.

The world itself is too small for the covetous.

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

Dead, we become the lumber of the world, And to that mass of matter shall be swept Where things destroyed with things unborn are kept.

One must take all one's life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one's life to learn how to die.