Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. [Therefore do not compare your lot with another's lest you see their advantages and lose the joy of what you already have.]

Riches are a stronghold in the imagination of a rich man.

Comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

The tongue has the power of life and death.

Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.