Contentment Is The Only Real Wealth.

My Dynamite Will Sooner Lead To Peace Than A Thousand World Conventions. As Soon As Men Will Find That In One Instant, Whole Armies Can Be Utterly Destroyed, They Surely Will Abide By Golden Peace.

I Am A Misanthrope Yet Utterly Benevolent.

I Regard Large Inherited Wealth As A Misfortune, Which Merely Serves To Dull Men's Faculties. A Man Who Possesses Great Wealth Should, Therefore, Allow Only A Small Portion To Descend To His Relatives. Even If He Has Children, I Consider It A Mistake To Hand Over To Them Considerable Sums Of Money Beyond What Is Necessary For Their Education. To Do So Merely Encourages Laziness And Impedes The Healthy Development Of The Individual's Capacity To Make An Independent Position For Himself.

A Recluse Without Books And Ink Is Already In Life A Dead Man.

Contentment Is The Only Real Wealth.