All to whom want is terrible, upon whatever principle, ought to think themselves obliged to learn the sage maxims of our parsimonious ancestors, and attain the salutary arts of contracting expense; for without economy none can be rich, and with it few can be poor.

Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves.

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.

No man was ever great by imitation.

Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible.

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?