It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.
There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.