That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.
... frugality makes a poor man rich.
The young man must store up, the old man must use.
Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.