Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds. – Sophocles
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. – Hannah Whitall Smith
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also. – Marcus Aurelius
[M]y love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me to you with mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break… – Sullivan Ballou, letter to wife Sarah, 14 July 1861
