How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!
There is no accounting for tastes.
There are some few instances in which it is virtuous to disobey.
There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves.
There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.
When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.