Wealth is power. With wealth many things are possible.

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

Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts.

Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.

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?

A lean purse is easier to cure than to endure.

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.