Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Where these are, there it is. Like the national market for soap read more

Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Where these are, there it is. Like the national market for soap or automobiles and the enlarged arena of federal power, the national cash-in area for prestige has grown, slowly being consolidated into a truly national system.

There is no more beautiful life than that of a student.

There is no more beautiful life than that of a student.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs read more

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his read more

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.

While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.

Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that read more

Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.