The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued
By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.
It requires a long time to know anyone.
Until death it is all life.
There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.