“I can think of something that might be worse for you than all that,—_getting rich too fast_. That’s what ruins many. You were happy in slowly working your way up the ladder, happier than you could ever be again if you should suddenly find yourself at the top. The money might not have harmed you, but I am sure you could have done very well without it. Don’t regret it if it is lost. And, of all things, don’t associate yourself with bad companions or adopt unjustifiable means to gain even justifiable ends. Better submit to a little wrong. If your enemies succeed in overreaching you, so much the worse for them. Wouldn’t you rather be robbed than feel that you have robbed another? I know you would, Jack!”