Selected quotation

"There are three ways to obtain wealth: inheritance, luck, and hard work. None is guaranteed, but you have no influence over the first two."

~ Anon.



Various books with quotations, aphorisms and proverbs:

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (17th Edition)

The Yale Book of Quotations

The Proverbs Driven Life: Timeless Wisdom for Your Words, Work, Wealth, and Relationships

Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Apronisms: Pocket Wisdom for Every Day

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

101 French Proverbs

Everyday Positive Thinking

A Continual Feast: Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim

The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths