Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.
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.]
In labouring to be brief, I become obscure.
A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.