If a new result is to have any value, it must unite elements long since known, but till then scattered and seemingly foreign to each other, and suddenly introduce order where the appearance of disorder reigned.

Wealth is the sinews of affairs.

To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.

Misers take care of property as if it belonged to them, but derive no more benefit from it than if it belonged to others.

To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage.

It is too often forgotten that the gift of speech, so centrally employed, has been elaborated as much for the purpose of concealing thought by dissimulation and lying as for the purpose of elucidating and communicating thought.

The road to Hades is easy to travel.