It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.
I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent.
That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.
That is a most wretched fortune which is without an enemy.
Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. -Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent