Ruin and recovering are both from within.

The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

Lampis the ship owner, on being asked how he acquired his great wealth, replied, My great wealth was acquired with no difficulty, but my small wealth, my first gains, with much labor.

The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.