That comes too late that comes for the asking.

What difference does it make how much there is laid away in a man's safe or in his barns, how many head of stock he grazes or how much capital he puts out at interest, if he is always after what is another's and only counts what he has yet to get, never what he has already. You ask what is the proper limit to a person's wealth? First, having what is essential, and second, having what is enough.

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

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.

It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity.

On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.