He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others.

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

Wisdom at times is found in folly.

What does not wasting time change! The age of our parents, worse than that of our grandsires, has brought us forth more impious still, and we shall produce a more vicious progeny.

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.

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.]

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.