Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.
Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.
That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
It's a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
Golden roofs break men's rest.
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.