God visits us, but most of the time we are not at home

He who is near the church is often far from God

By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof.

Work relieves us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and want.

All the treasures of earth cannot bring back one lost moment

The first half of life is spent in longing for the second - the second half in regretting the first