You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.

It's a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.

With parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich.

There is no evil that does not offer inducements. Vices tempt you by the rewards which they offer.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.

When one has lost a friend one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation.