An old man is twice a child, and so is a drunken man.

He who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disappointed of his gains because he turns out to be poor, is disgraced all the same: for he has done his best to show that he would give himself up to any one's "uses base" for the sake of money; but this is not honourable.

Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

No evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death.

What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into the real world which we shall call true philosophy.

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.