Roger Chamberlain Quotes
It is better to be well deserving without praise than to live by the air of undeserved commendation.
Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that with content enjoys a competence.
When the scale of sensuality bears down that of reason, the baseness of our nature conducts us to most preposterous conclusions.
A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof.
Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.
There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty comparable to the want of patience.
