Truly, one gets easier accustomed to a silken bed than to a sack of leaves.

To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.

He who, to be happy, needs nothing but himself, is happy.

Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.

To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

Imagination is the mightiest despot.