The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.
No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.
There is no pain in the wound received in the moment of victory.
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.