“Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”

“Contentment makes poor men rich, Discontent makes rich men poor.”

“He who can have patience can have what he will.”

“He is ill clothed, who is bare of virtue.”

“A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false.”

“He who is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.”