Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.
Virtue hath no virtue if it be not impugned; then appeareth how great it is, of what value and power it is, when by patience it approveth what it works.
Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.
It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.