There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.

Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.

He dies twice who perishes by his own hand.

He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.

Tension weakens the bow; the want of it, the mind.

When reason rules, money is a blessing.

A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them.

The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.