All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.

Be modest in speech, but excel in action.

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of gold?

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

Take heed lest you stumble.

A pauper in the midst of wealth.

Let us both small and great push forward in this work, in this pursuit, if to our country, if to ourselves we would live dear.