Crime requires further crime to conceal it.

A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.

He who fears from near at hand often fears less.

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.

The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure; if any one returns it, that is clear gain; if he does not return it, it is not lost, I gave it for the sake of giving.

There is no evil without its compensation.