When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.

Many shed tears merely for show, and have dry eyes when no one's around to observe them.

Golden roofs break men's rest.

Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.

What difference does it make how much there is laid away in a man's safe or in his barns, how many head of stock he grazes or how much capital he puts out at interest, if he is always after what is another's and only counts what he has yet to get, never what he has already. You ask what is the proper limit to a person's wealth? First, having what is essential, and second, having what is enough.

Many men would have arrived at wisdom had they not believed themselves to have arrived there already.