"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."

"Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul."

"Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all."

"As for conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I do not think much of that."

"I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."