Poverty urges us to do and suffer anything that we may escape from it, and so leads us away from virtue.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be certain to re-appear.
He who is greedy is always in want.