Virture offers the only path in this life that leads to tranquility.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke.
It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.
Nature and wisdom always say the same.
The sweetest pleasures soonest cloy, And its best flavour temperance gives to joy.
Let him love none and be by none beloved!