Tis not necessity, but opinion, that makes men miserable; and when we come to be fancy-sick, there's no cure.
Roger L'EstrangeMoney 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.
Roger L'EstrangeBy one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there's no more future left for them.
Roger L'EstrangeHe that would live clear of envy must lay his finger on his mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot.
Roger L'Estrange