The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.
I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.
Fortune helps the brave.
I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.
In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.
Charity begins at home.
Moderation in all things.