Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel.
Money amassed either serves us or rules us.
Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits.
And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop To the low mimic follies of a farce, As a grave matron would to dance with girls.