That man is to be accounted poor, of whatever rank he be, and suffers the pains of poverty, whose expenses exceed his resources; and no man is, properly speaking, poor, but he.—­Paley.

That some of the indigent among us die of scanty food is undoubtedly true; but vastly more in this community die from eating too much than from eating too little.—­Channing.

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.

Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak brain giddy.—­Feltham.

Solid pudding against empty praise.—­Pope.

It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men’s expectations of them too high by undue and impertinent commendations.—­Sprat.

Speak not in high commendation of any man to his face, nor censure any man behind his back; but if thou knowest anything good of him, tell it unto others; if anything ill, tell it privately and prudently to himself.—­Burkitt.

As the Greek said, “Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.”—­Wendell Phillips.

It is singular how impatient men are with overpraise of others, how patient of overpraise of themselves; and yet the one does them no injury, while the other may be their ruin.—­Lowell.

Good things should be praised.—­Shakespeare.

He hurts me most who lavishly commends.—­Churchill.