"I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well"

"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested"

"If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all"

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it"

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money"

"No two persons ever read the same book"

"At the heart of the Reggio Emilia approach is the belief that children are full of potential, competent, and capable of constructing their own learning"