“He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.”

Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.

Riches, rightly used, breed delight.

The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.

Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.

The stronger always succeeds.

The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.

The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

To make any gain some outlay is necessary.

Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.

That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.

He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.

The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.

Men may be born free

Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.

Believing in everything at the same time is the same as not believing in anything at all.

There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.

Fortitude is a great help in distress.

Fully secure systems don’t exist today and they won’t exist in the future.

Give yourself a moment, to breathe, to love, to heal and to live.