Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Lawana Blackwell
Property left to a child may soon be los…
Property left to a child may soon be lost but the inheritance of virtue–a good name an unblemished reputation–will abide forever. If those who are toiling for wealth to leave their children, would but take half the pains to secure for them virtuous habits, how much more serviceable would they be. The largest property may be wrested from a child, but virtue will stand by him to the last.
Quote, saying and phrase by: William Graham Sumner
Prove all things hold fast that which is…
Prove all things hold fast that which is good.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Bible
Prosperity makes friends, adversity trie…
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Publilius Syrus
Prosperity knits a man to the world. He …
Prosperity knits a man to the world. He thinks he’s ‘finding his place in it,’ while really it is finding its place in him.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Clive Staples Lewis
Prosperity is only an instrument to be u…
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Calvin Coolidge
Prosperity is a way of living and thinki…
Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Butterworth
Prudence which degenerates into timidity…
Prudence which degenerates into timidity is very seldom the path to safety.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Edgar Algernon Robert Cecil
Prudence and compromise are necessary me…
Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Charles Horton Cooley
Providence protects children and idiots….
Providence protects children and idiots. I know because I have tested it.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Mark Twain