His foodWas glory, which was poison to his mindAnd peril to his body.

No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren.

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.

His foodWas glory, which was poison to his mindAnd peril to his body.

I have not skillFrom such a sharp and waspish word as "No"To pluck the sting.

There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel.

The philosophy which affects to teach us a contempt of money does not run very deep; for, indeed, it ought to be still more clear to the philosopher than it is to ordinary men, that there are few things in the world of greater importance.