For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.

When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.

Small minds cannot grasp great subjects.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.