Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.
It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.
The great pilot can sail even when his canvass is rent.