I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a living tomb.
The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure; if any one returns it, that is clear gain; if he does not return it, it is not lost, I gave it for the sake of giving.
He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.
Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.