He is most powerful who governs himself.
How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
His head was turned by too great success.
A man who examines the saddle and bridle and not the animal itself when he is out to buy a horse is a fool; similarly, only an absolute fool values a man according to his clothes, or according to his position, which after all is only something we wear like clothing.
Obedience is yielded more readily to one who commands gently.
Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.