We found water. We passed into a more fertile country where were grass and fruit. We found the trail to Babylon because the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them, while the soul of a slave whines, 'What can I do who am but a slave?

We are more apt to change our minds when right than wrong.

The hungrier one becomes, the clearer one's mind works— also the more sensitive one becomes to the odors of food.

Wealth, like a tree, grows from a tiny seed.

It was apparent that no one could do for the scribe what the scribe had done for himself.

The reason why we have never found measure of wealth. We never sought it.

Wealth that comes quickly, goeth the same way.