Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.

A wise man should order his interests, and set them all in their proper places. This order is often troubled by greed, which putsus upon pursuing so many things at once that, in eagerness for matters of less consideration, we grasp at trifles, and let go things of greater value.

The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.