The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent are punished and the wicked escape.]

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

The greatest reverence is due to a child! If you are contemplating a disgraceful act, despise not your child's tender years.

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?

Sit mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body)