To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.

Arrogance is a great obstruction to wisdom.

Misers take care of property as if it belonged to them, but derive no more benefit from it than if it belonged to others.

To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.

Wealth is the sinews of affairs.

If a new result is to have any value, it must unite elements long since known, but till then scattered and seemingly foreign to each other, and suddenly introduce order where the appearance of disorder reigned.

The purest form of listening is to listen without memory or desire.