proverbs from psalm 41

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

Hence, whatever certain people have in superabundance is due, by natural law, to the purpose of succoring the poor.

Nor, indeed, can a man properly be said to save anything, if he only lays it up. You may as well throw your money into the sea, as bury it in the earth. And you may as well bury it in the earth, as in...

To me one of the most terrifying scenes in all of literature is in Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman . Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who feels that he is largely a failure. His self-pity...

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.