While I am sane I shall compare nothing to the joy of a friend..

I strive to be brief, and become obscure..

There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue..

Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?.

Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter..

Frugality is one thing, avarice another..

The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden..

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied..

Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain..

Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate..

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet..

The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy..

The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with ….

Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?.

Virtue knowing no base repulse, shines with untarnished honour; nor does she assume or resign her emblems of honour by the will of some popular breez….

Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts..

Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.].

Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed..

There is moderation in everything..

There is a measure in everything. There are fixed limits beyond which and short of which right cannot find a resting place..

Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow..