The riches of a country are to be valued by the quantity of labor its inhabitants are able to purchase, and not by the quantity of silver and gold they possess; which will purchase more or less labor, and therefore is more or less valuable, as is said before, according to its scarcity or plenty.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.

He who is in love with himself has no rivals.

An old man in a house is a good sign.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting