Do not craze yourself with thinking, but go about your business anywhere.

Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.

It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They have served no apprenticeship to wealth, and with the rapid wealth come rapid claims which they do not know how to deny, and the treasure is quickly dissipated.

Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.

Bonaparte knew but one merit, and rewarded in one and the same way the good soldier, the good astronomer, the good poet, the good player.

There can never be deep peace between two spirits, never mutual respect, until, in their dialogue, each stands for the whole world.