“The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.”

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.

Your wealth is where your friends are.

To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.

It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.

In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.

You must spend money, if you wish to make money.

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.

Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.

It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.

I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.

The evil that we know is best.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.