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.

... frugality makes a poor man rich.

So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.

Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.

We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.

Many shed tears merely for show, and have dry eyes when no one's around to observe them.

He who is brave is free.