The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.

Such evil deeds could religion prompt.

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.

If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.