Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.
When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.
