It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
From William Cobbett
You never know what you can do till you try.
Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write.
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.
Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.
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