It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.

We have so much ill fortune as inconstancy, or so much bad purpose as folly, we are not so full of evil as we are of inanity; we are not so wretched as we are base

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

An honest man is not accountable for the vice and folly of his trade, and therefore ought not to refuse the exercise of it. It is the custom of his country, and there is profit in it. We must live by the world, and such as we find it, so make use of it.

He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.

Desire and hope will push us on toward the future.

Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener. The latter must prepare to receive it according to the motion it takes.