“It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.”

I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.

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.

The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be

At least half of your mind is always thinking, I’ll be leaving; this won’t last. It’s a good Buddhist attitude. If I were a Buddhist, this would be a great help. As it is, I’m just sad.

Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.

Everything depends on liking the people and trusting the people. You have to assume that whatever they do will be as good as you want the thing to be and just go ahead with that.

Have we not all, amid life’s petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?

One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.

Do you remember when they taught cursive in schools? I think they don’t anymore. But I still enjoy it – just the physical act and all the – the whole business of making a thing out of language.

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.