Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to the true.

While I am sane I shall compare nothing to the joy of a friend.

A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.

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

Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away.

Though your threshing floor grind a hundred thousand bushels of corn, not for that reason will your stomach hold more than mine.

Life gives nothing to man without labor.