Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty.

Money does all things,--for it gives and it takes away; it makes honest men and knaves, fools and philosophers; and so forward, mutatis mutandis, to the end of the chapter.

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit.

Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.

There are braying men in the world, as well as braying asses; for what is loud and senseless talking any other than away of braying?

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone what it compares its situation to that can make anyone happy or miserable. Compare it to something better - result envy, frustration and sadness. Compare it to something worse - relief, gratitude and happiness.

Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain.