Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is: What are you willing to trade for it?

You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.

In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.

Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don't worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.

All men are born good.

Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.

Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.