Economy is in itself a great source of revenue.
Servitude seizes on few, but many seize on her.
Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.
Virtue is that perfect good, which is the complement of a happy life; the only immortal thing that belongs to mortality.
It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.