It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.

Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.

Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not less great is the man to whom all his plate is no more that earthenware.

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.

If you live according to nature, you never will be poor; if according to the world's caprice, you will never be rich.

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.