“Books are still the main yardstick by which I measure true wealth.”
“Don't allow money to become the yardstick by which you measure the worth of the world around you!”
“...and so it was that my wealth came to be measured in books”
“Those who know the true use of money, and regulate the measure of wealth according to their needs, live contented with few things.”
“Within half an hour almost all the women were drunk, a yardstick Laing had long used to measure the success of a party.”
“The point of the spiritual life is to realize Truth. But you will never understand the spiritual life, or realize Truth, if you measure it by your own yardstick.”