Oppression makes a poor country.

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Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.

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The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease.

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No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

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We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.

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Never despise what you don't understand.

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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

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They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

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The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

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