“A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.”

“Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.”

“Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.”

“Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts”

“Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, andwhatever days fortune will give, count themas profit.”

“When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.”

“I had rather seem mad and a sluggard, so that my defects are agreeable to myself, or that I am not pinfully conscious of them, than be wise, and chaptious.”