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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches.

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.