Alleen wijsheid is vrijheid.
Not because things are hard, we don’t dare, but because we don’t dare, things are hard.
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
Don’t buy what you can use, but what you need.
Whoever messes up his present is the slave of his future.
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
Thrift is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.
To complain that someone has died is to complain that someone is mortal.
No slavery is more shameful than voluntary slavery.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
A person who follows rationality will never experience poverty, while someone who lets opinions control their life will never achieve wealth.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
