Be not solitary, be not idle

Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

Be not solitary, be not idle

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.