Remember, not one penny can we take with us into the unknown land.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.
Some cures are worse than the dangers they combat.
Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.