I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
He despises what he sought; and he seeks that which he lately threw away. [Lat., Quod petit spernit, repetit quod nuper omisit.]
Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been rounded off and polished.
He is always a slave who cannot live on little.
The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.
Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity
No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
Money amassed either serves us or rules us.
When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
Mistakes are their own instructors
Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.
In the word of no master am I bound to believe.
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
Get money first; virtue comes after.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
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