After death there is nothing.

Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.

Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.

Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.

Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.

It is essential to make oneself used to putting up with a little. Even the wealthy and the well provided are continually met and frustrated by difficult times and situations. It is in no man's power to have whatever he wants; but he has it in his power not to wish for what he hasn't got, and cheerfully make the most of the things that do come his way.

Life's neither a good nor an evil: it's a field for good and evil.