He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.
People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.
Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
If poverty were a man, I would have slain him.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.
