Self-denial is the best riches.

The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.

God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.

Happy he whoe'er, content with the common lot, with safe breeze hugs the shore, and, fearing to trust his skiff to the wider sea, with unambitious oar keeps close to the land.

All art is but imitation of nature.

The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall.

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.