Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.

The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.

Luck never made a man wise.

That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.

All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

Do the best you can . . . enjoy the present . . . rest satisfied with what you have.

It is the superfluous things for which men sweat.