It is opportunity that makes the thief.
Economy is in itself a great source of revenue.
Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
Death takes us piecemeal, not at a gulp.
The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.