He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh.
Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.