Poverty snatches the reins out of the hands of piety. Saadi.
Poverty takes away so many means of doing good, and produces so much inability to resist evil, both natural and moral, that it is by all virtuous means to be avoided. Johnson.
Poverty treads upon the heels of great and unexpected riches. La Bruyère.
Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice 35 all things. Cowley.
Power and permanence reside only in limitations. Grabbe.
Power belongeth unto God. Bible.
Power cannot have too gentle an expression. Jean Paul.
Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration, but temper and moderation generally produce permanence in all things. Sen.
Power, in its quality and degree, is the 40 measure of manhood. J. G. Holland.
Power is according to quality, not quantity. How much more are men than nations? Emerson.