The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it is bad economics.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics

To reach a port we must set sail –
Sail, not tie at anchor
Sail, not drift.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues