Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.

Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.

Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.

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.

Happy and thrice happy are those who enjoy an uninterrupted union, and whose love, unbroken by any sour complaints, shall not dissolve until the last day of their existence.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.