If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.