Self-denial is the best riches.
A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.
What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved
Virtue is nothing else than right reason