Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.
Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke.
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
Wisdom overcomes fortune.
Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.