Death: There's nothing bad about it at all except the thing that comes before it-the fear of it.

Life is long if it is full.

We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor.

The proper amount of wealth is that which neither descends to poverty nor is far distant from it.

Calamity is virtue's opportunity.

No one should feel pride in anything that is not his own.

No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.