Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.
Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.
Rich with the spoils of nature.
Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plan religion.
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Content may dwell in all stations. To be low but above contempt may be high enough to be happy.