A good reputation is more valuable than money.

The man who earns a million, but destroys his health in the process is not really a success.

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not everyone's greed.

When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

These are the arks, the trophies, I erect, That fortify thy name against old age.

No one returns with good will to the place which has done him a mischief.

You have no idea what your legacy will be. Your legacy is what you do every day. Your legacy is every life you’ve touched, every person whose life was either moved or not. It’s every person you’ve harmed or helped. That’s your legacy.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.