To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the nature of their troubles.
When reason rules, money is a blessing.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is profitable.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur