I have often heard, that it is safer to hear and to take counsel, than to give it.

Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.

Forasmuch as many people study more to have knowledge than to live well therefore ofttimes they err and bring forth little fruit or none.

If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it.

Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.

And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind.

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.