It is all money and business, business and money which make the man now-a-days; success is every thing, and it makes very little difference how, or what means he uses to obtain it.

How many we see every day that have ten times as much property as they will ever want, who will do any thing but steal to add to their estate, for somebody to fight about when they are dead.

I see men every day sixty and seventy years old, building up and pulling down, and preparing, as one might reasonably suppose, to live here forever.
Where will they be in a few years?
I often think of this.

My experience has been great,--I have seen many a man go up and then go down, and many persons who, but a few years ago, were surrounded with honors and wealth, have passed away.

The saying of the wise man is true--all is "vanity of vanities" here below.