Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.

He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life is the way to this destination.

The most miserable mortals are they that deliver themselves up to their palates, or to their lusts; the pleasure is short, and turns presently nauseous, and the end of it is either shame or repentance.

Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.

After death there is nothing.

He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.

It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity.