He who loses wealth loses much he who loses a friend loses more but he that loses his courage loses all.
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you've made a billion dollars you've probably become uncool.
But once you have satisfied your material needs which I think every wealth creator should - the house the car the plane the boat - what comes next?
Romney is right that the Obama vision is too centered on government. But his is too centered on the promotion of business and wealth creation at the expense of everything else.
Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic ' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor ' it's crucial to say that.
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes married men are the best binders in the hedge of the commonwealth.
Health is the greatest gift contentment the greatest wealth faithfulness the best relationship.
Wealth beauty and fame are transient. When those are gone little is left except the need to be useful.
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.