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.

Guard thy treasure from loss by investing only where thy principal is safe, where it may be reclaimed if desirable.

The gold we may retain from our earnings is but the start. The earnings it will make shall build our fortunes.

Budget thy expenses that thou mayest have coins to pay for thy necessities, to pay for thy enjoyments and to gratify thy worthwhile desires without spending more than nine-tenths of thy earnings.

For every ten coins thou placest within thy purse take out for use but nine. Thy purse will start to fatten at once and its increasing weight will feel good in thy hand and bring satisfaction to thy soul.

Learn these lessons thoroughly, that ye may also plant in your own purse the seed of wealth.

A part of all I earn is mine to keep. Say it in the morning when you first arise. Say it at noon. Say it at night.