How could he help such a superior youth with his spendthrift ideas and bejeweled hands?

He had a real message for fellow sufferers, a message so important that after five thousand years it has risen out of the ruins of Babylon, just as true and just as vital as the day it was buried.

If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth? If a man has within him the soul of a free man, will he not become respected and honored in his own city in spite of his misfortune?

Behind the impregnable walls of insurance, savings accounts and dependable investments, we can guard ourselves against unexpected tragedies.

The safest loans are to those whose possessions are of more value than the one they desire. They own lands, or jewels, or camels, or other things which could be sold to repay the loan.

A rich reward awaiting those men of purpose who determine to secure their just share.

Cultivate thy own powers, to study and become wiser, to become more skillful, to so act as to respect thyself.

For a lean purse to a man no longer able to earn or to a family without its head is a sore tragedy.

Each payment will reduce thy indebtedness to the money lender, a few years will satisfy his loan. Then will thy heart be glad because thou wilt own in thy own right a valuable property.