Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in supporting it.—Richter.
Power.—Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.—Colton.
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall.—Bacon.
Even in war, moral power is to physical as three parts out of four.—Napoleon.
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.—J. Petit-Senn.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.—Publius Syrus.
It is an observation no less just than common, that there is no stronger test of a man's real character than power and authority, exciting, as they do, every passion, and discovering every latent vice.—Plutarch.
Praise.—Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.—Bovee.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.—Proverbs 27:2.
For if good were not praised more than ill,
None would chuse goodness of his own free will.
—Spenser.