“Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live”

“Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.”

“Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes ”

“It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little”

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst ”

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants ”