That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation.
It is a bitter dose to be taught obedience after you have learned to rule.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the nature of their troubles.
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
What greater evil could you wish a miser, than long life?
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.