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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

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What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

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If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure that for me there would be nothing left worth living for...more

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Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need, though it be your example which leaves them far behind. If you give money, spend yourself with ...more

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Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to t...more

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There are some who complain most energetically and inconsolably of any, because they are, as they say, doing their duty. I also have in my mind that s...more

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Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

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Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.