Nobility should be elective, not hereditary.

It would be a considerable consolation to the poor and discontented could they but see the means whereby the wealth they covet has been acquired, or the misery that it entails.

Take care to be an economist in prosperity. There is no fear of your being one in adversity.

Troops of furies march in the drunkard's triumph.

Economy is an excellent lure to betray people into expense.

Nobility should be elective, not hereditary.

There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure by his good deeds, and he has not lived long enough; measure by his evil deeds, and he has lived too long.