Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

All friendly feelings toward others come from the friendly feelings a person has for himself.

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day.

Wit is educated insolence.

. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

Money was established for exchange, but interest causes it to be reproduced by itself. Therefore this way of earning money is greatly in conflict with the natural law.