Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low. Ovid Fortune
A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published. Jim Jarmusch
I have had lots of friends who've been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care. Emma Thompson
A man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much. Robert Louis Stevenson Man Soul Success
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. Saint Augustine Happiness
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. Abraham Lincoln
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. Henry David Thoreau
