Some Men Make Fortunes, But Not To

To Eat Off Another Man's Plate. [to Live An Another's Expense.]

See The Effect Of Commercial Intercourse.

For The Gods, Instead Of What Is Most Pleasing, Will Give What Is Most Proper. Man Is Dearer To Them Than He Is To Himself.

The Thirst For Fame Is Much Greater Than That For Virtue; For Who Would Embrace Virtue Itself If You Take Away Its Rewards? [lat., Tanto Major Famae Sitis Est Quam Virtutis: Quis Enim Virtutem Amplectitur Ipsam Praemia Se Tollas.]

A Pauper Traveller Will Sing Before A Beggar.