Whatever is well said by another, is mine.

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.

He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.

Drunkenness doesn't create vices, but it brings them to the fore.

But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!

Just where death is expecting you is something we cannot know; so, for your part, expect him everywhere.

There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.