A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.

Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.

Shun to seek what is hid in the womb of the morrow, and set down as gain in life's ledger whatever time fate shall have granted thee.

Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.

A man perfect to the finger tips.