The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.
A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still.
The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.
True felicity consists of its own consciousness.
Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.
Cats don't caress us-they caress themselves on us.