Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.