The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating?
Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.
Live mindful of how brief your life is.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.
I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.
However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.