"He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king."

"Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity."

"O fairest of all creation, last and bestOf all God's works, creature in whom excelledWhatever can to sight or thought be formed,Holy, divine, good, amiable, or sweet!How art thou lost, how on a sudden lost,Defaced, deflow'red, and now to death devote?"

"True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves."