 Labor diligently to increase your property. |
| Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. |
| A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. |
| Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance. |
| We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others. |
| The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. |
| The man is either mad, or he is making verses. |
| Whatever advice you give, be short. |
| Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. |
| He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. |
| The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. |
| He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world. |
| A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them. |
| It is your business when the wall next door catches fire. |
| He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful. |
| Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger. |
| We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. |
| No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. |
| I strive to be brief but I become obscure. |
| Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain. |
