"Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'”

“Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.”

“If you wou'd have Guests merry with your cheer, Be so your self, or so at least appear.”

“The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.”

“This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”

“You can get everything money will buy without a lick of character, but you can't get any of the things money won't buy: happiness, joy, peace of mind, winning relationships, etc., without character.”

“There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.”

“The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.”

“It is a distinction to have many virtues, but a hard lot.”