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

When reason rules, money is a blessing.

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

He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.

He dies twice who perishes by his own hand.

To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.

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

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

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

Even when the wound is healed, the scar remains.