No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
Good sides to adversity are best admired at a distance.
There are a few men whom slavery holds fast, but there are many more who hold fast to slavery.
... frugality makes a poor man rich.
It is the property of a great and good mind to covet, not the fruit of good deeds, but good deeds themselves, and to seek for a good man even after having met with bad men.
Just where death is expecting you is something we cannot know; so, for your part, expect him everywhere.