It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.

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

Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back.

Self-denial is the best riches.

Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.