In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

To please great men is not the last degree of praise.

It is grievous to be caught.

Money amassed either serves us or rules us.

When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.

For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.

How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!