"The character which results from wealth is..." - Quote by Aristotle

“It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.”

“Justice is the loveliest and health is the best. but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire.”

“Nowadays, for the sake of the advantage which is to be gained from the public revenues and from office, men want to be always in office.”

“What wealth is it to have such friends that we cannot think of them without elevation!”

“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”

“But if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give.”

“She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good.”

“In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.”

“Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.”