There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.

He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.

What the object of senile avarice may be I cannot conceive. For can there be anything more absurd than to seek more journey money, the less there remains of the journey?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.