Happy the man whose lot it is to know The secrets of the earth. He hastens not To work his fellows hurt by unjust deeds, But with rapt admiration contemplates Immortal Nature's ageless harmony, And how and when the order came to be.

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.

It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.

The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.

To every man, even though he be a slave, the light of heaven is sweet.

It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly.

The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.