Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's people.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

Carry the fire.

Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps

Every man has two vocations: his own and philosophy.

The white light of truth, in traversing the many sided transparent soul of the poet, is refracted into iris-hued poetry.

Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great definition. . . Charity: The ability to love the sinner and hate the sin.

Finn regarded pesky little things like wedding bands, engagement rings, and jealous, hulking menfolk more as amusing challenges than immovable obstacles that could be hazardous to his health.

To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.

Do not be afraid to cast yourselves into the arms of God; whatever he asks of you, he will repay a hundredfold.

I know so little about any history. How little do I know even about the history of myself.

Each move is dictated by the previous one--that is the meaning of order