Gold cometh gladly and in increasing quantity to any man who will put by not less than one-tenth of his earnings to create an estate for his future and that of his family.

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

Where the determination is, the way can be found.

Deride not what I say because of its simplicity. Truth is always simple.

Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.

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?

He who spends more than he earns is sowing the winds of needless self-indulgence from which he is sure to reap the whirlwinds of trouble and humiliation.