A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.

There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.

I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.