Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

As riches grow, care follows, and a thirst For more and more.

Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and become obscure.

A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness.

The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.