Be sure no time is so well spent as that which a man spends on his knees.- J.C. Ryle,Thoughts for Young Men

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him - Francis Bacon, 1561 - 1626

To find something you can enjoy is far better than finding something you can possess. - Glenn Holm

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists, when you can ignore them like wise men? - Natalie Clifford Barney, 1876 - 1972

Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife. - Euripides, 480 - 406 BC