Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.
How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!
The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
Labor diligently to increase your property.