The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.

Light cares speak, great ones are speechless. -Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.

A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.