“An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards”
“An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards”
“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age”
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value ”
“A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself”
“Character is power”
“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them”
“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues”