Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.
Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even of beauty.