Unruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.
Roger L'EstrangeRiches 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.
Roger L'EstrangeHe that upon a true principle lives, without any disquiet of thought, may be said to be happy.
Roger L'Estrange