We find ourselves less witty in remembering what we have said than in dreaming of what we would have said.
It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.
In a better world we will find our young years and our old friends.
Without big words, how could many people say small things?
Our virtues live upon our incomes; our vices consume our capital.
The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.