Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
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Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature; these are the spur and reins whereby al mankind are set on work, and guided.
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.
Freedom is to be free from restraint and violence from others.
Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power vested in it; a liberty to follow my own will in all things when the rule prescribes not, and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary rule of another man.
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The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money to do more for the betterment of life.
The man who earns a million, but destroys his health in the process is not really a success.
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.
In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is. waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, now that's the real test.
Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances.
I am more interested in the return of my money than I am with a return on my money.
