No good man ever became suddenly rich.

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

Man has been lent, not given, to life.

Wise man also fears a weak enemy.

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.