If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don't ruin him to get that which it will not ruin thee to lose, for thou art but a steward.

Haste makes work which caution prevents.

The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.

Show is not substance; realities govern wise men.

Nothing but a good life can fit men for a better one hereafter.