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

Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.

The hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.

As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.