Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.

Prudence keeps life safe but does not often make it happy.

To be of no Church is dangerous.

Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.

Being in a ship is being in a jail with the chance of being drowned.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.