He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

The covetous man is ever in want.