The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.
The essence of a man is found in his faults.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
Just like gold, which has to weather very high temperatures to achieve the sheen and shine it finally gets, so also every person has to go through struggles in his life to achieve success.
The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.