Money is a guarantee that we can have what we want in the future

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.

It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not the same, but the good citizen ought to be capable of both; he should know how to govern like a freeman, and how to obey like a freeman - these are the virtues of a citizen.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Nature makes nothing incomplete, and nothing in vain.

The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.