I have not skillFrom such a sharp and waspish word as "No"To pluck the sting.
His foodWas glory, which was poison to his mindAnd peril to his body.
Fear, indeed, is the mother of foresight.
The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
If you know how a man deals with his money, how he gets it, spends it, keeps it, shares it, you know one of the most important things about him.