Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

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

Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared. a

Desires must be simple and definite. They defeat their own purpose should they be too many, too confusing, or beyond a man's training to accomplish

Budget thy expenses that thou mayest have coins to pay for thy necessities, to pay for thy enjoyments, and to gratify thy worthwhile desires without spending more than nine-tenths of thy earnings.

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

I found the road to wealth when I decided that a part of all I earned was mine to keep.