For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.
Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
Better die standing than live kneeling.
Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.
It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.