• The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

• They envy the distinction I have won let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

• Ambition drove many men to become false to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

• A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

• The higher your station, the less your liberty.

• Few men desire liberty The majority are satisfied with a just master.

• To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.

• Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

• The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

• Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

• Before you act consider when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

• To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.

• The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.