Love Is The Wisdom Of The Fool

That Observation Which Is Called Knowledge Of The World Will Be Found Much More Frequently To Make Men Cunning Than Good.

As Not Every Instance Of Similitude Can Be Considered As A Proof Of Imitation, So Not Every Imitation Ought To Be Stigmatised As Plagiarism. The Adoption Of A Noble Sentiment, Or The Insertion Of A Borrowed Ornament, May Sometimes Display So Much Judgment As Will Almost Compensate For Invention; And An Inferior Genius May, Without Any Imputation Of Servility, Pursue The Paths Of The Ancients, Provided He Declines To Tread In Their Footsteps.

Prepare For Death, If Here At Night You Roam, And Sign Your Will Before You Sup From Home.

If One Was To Think Constantly Of Death, The Business Of Life Would Stand Still

Every Man Is Rich Or Poor According To The Proportion Between His Desires And His Enjoyments.