Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.
Speech is the index of the mind.
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort. To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.
Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation.