Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.
If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business.
Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
Man in harmony with his Creator is sublime, and his action is creative; equally, once he separates himself from God and acts alone, he does not cease to be powerful, since this is the privilege of his nature, but his acts are negative and lead only to destruction.
The poverty of a man of benevolence is not to be considered as poverty but only as his temporary inability to exercise his inherent duty.
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him.