Honesty is praised and left in the cold.
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.
Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman.
In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.
We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.
Where have you ever found that man who stopped short after the perpetration of a single crime?
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing.
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.
Your prayer must be for a healthy mind in a sound body. Ask for a brave soul that has no fear of death, deems length of life the least of nature's gifts and is able to bear any kind of sufferings, knows neither wrath nor desire and believes the woes and hard labors of Hercules better than the loves and feasts and downy cushions of Sardanapalus. Reveal what you are able to give yourself; the only path to a life of tranquility lies through virtue.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses!
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