If you, do what you should not, you must bear what you would not.
Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse.
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.
It is a strange anomaly that men could be careful to insure their houses, their ships, their merchandise, and yet neglect to insure their lives - surely the most important of all to their families, and more subject to loss.
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
Dally not with other folk's spouses or money.