Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.

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

The most miserable mortals are they that deliver themselves up to their palates, or to their lusts; the pleasure is short, and turns presently nauseous, and the end of it is either shame or repentance.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.

There is no evil without its compensation.