our contempt of wealth does not extend beyond the hour when we can get it in possession.
Every home has its influences, for good or evil, upon humanity at large.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Nothing so breaks the spirit as a load of debt.
What! nothing grand and noble to be admired, obeyed, copied? Ah, the lack is not without you, but within you!
Good manners are not bred in moments, but in years.