Virtue alone affords everlasting and peace-giving joy; even if some obstacle arise, it is but like an intervening cloud, which floats beneath the sun but never prevails against it.

Who is wise? One who learns from every man? Who is strong? One who overpowers his inclinations? Who is rich? One who is satisfied with his lot? Who is honorable? One who honors his fellows.

Abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity.

Large desire is endless poverty.

There's a lot of room at the top. This symbolic Millionaire's Club has an unlimited number of vacant seats to fill on its membership roster. I'm afraid that if these seats are not filled more quickly, it is because young potential candidates, who are very qualified, give up the fight before it really begins.

Even the great king will appear as the poorest of men if compared with a single virtue. For his wealth is soulless, buried deep in store-houses and recesses of the earth, but the wealth of virtue lies in the sovereign part of the soul, and the purest part of existence.