There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.