All things are difficult before they are easy.
Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.