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'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.