A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice it.

In death a hero, as in life a friend!

When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Virtue alone is happiness below.

Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes: the glorious fault of angels and of gods.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.