The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
No one can have all he desires.
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.
If virtue precede us every step will be safe.
Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.