Life is surely given us for higher purposes than to gather what our ancestors have wisely thrown away, and to learn what is of no value but because it has been forgotten.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford.

Was ever poet so trusted before?

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.