What's well begun, is half done.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

I believe that the financial crisis of 2008/9 exposed more a lack of ethics and morality - especially by the financial sector - rather than a problem of regulation or criminality. There were, of course, regulatory lessons to be learned, but at heart, there was a collective loss of our moral compass.

I have enough money for the rest of my life and enough to leave a good inheritance for our kids.

Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.

Older couples bring obligations such as support payments and debt as well as decades of financial experience to a marriage.