If Either Wealth Or Poverty Are Come

If The Search For Riches Were Sure To Be Successful, Though I Should Become A Groom With A Whip In My Hand To Get Them, I Will Do So. As The Search May Not Be Successful, I Will Follow After That Which I Love.

You Turn The Handle The Way It Goes, Not The Way It Ought To Go

Happiness Is Not At The Top Of The Mountain, But In How To Climb.

There Are Three Sorts Of Pleasures Which Are Advantageous, And Three Which Are Injurious. Finding Pleasure In The Discriminating Study Of Ceremonies And Music, Finding Pleasure In Discussing The Good Points In The Conduct Of Others, And Finding Pleasure In Having Many Wise Friends, These Are Advantageous. But Finding Pleasure In Profligate Enjoyments, Finding Pleasure In Idle Gadding About, And Finding Pleasure In Feasting, These Are Injurious.

A Superior Man Is Modest In His Speech, But Exceeds In His Actions.