The spendthrift is always in trouble.

Prodigality on the part of any person is an unpardonable sin.

We must never live on others like a parasitic plant.

Every person must have a profession, whether it be literary or manual, and must live a clean, manly, honest life, an example of purity to be imitated by others.

It is more kingly to be satisfied with a crust of stale bread than to enjoy a sumptuous dinner of many courses, the money for which comes out of the pockets of others.