“No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself”

“The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.”

“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.He was a wise man who invented beer”

“[On the virtuous man] "He combines the highest, lowest and middle chords in complete harmony within himself.”

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”

“the only thing he ought to consider, if he does anything, is whether he does right or wrong, whether it is what a good man does or a bad man”

“Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.”