“There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else”

“Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within”

“As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before”

“If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are esteemable”

“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do”

“The great hope of society is in individual character”