Labor diligently to increase your property.
One night awaits all, and death's path must be trodden once and for all.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
Half is done when the beginning is done.
There are as many preferences as there are men.
As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.