Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall.
He will live ill who does not know how to die well.