“There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.”

— James Russell Lowell

Literary Essays, vol. II (1870–1890), New England Two Centuries Ago

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American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat 1819–1891

Mark Slouka (1958) author

Quitting the paint factory: On the virtues of idleness

“Seriousness is the Christian's ballast which keeps him from being overturned with vanity.”

Thomas Watson (1616–1686) English nonconformist preacher and author

The Christian Soldier; or Heaven Taken by Storm (1669).

“Financial services are the lifeblood of an economy, enabling households and businesses alike to save, invest, and protect themselves against risk.”

Ibukun Awosika (1962) Nigerian business magnate

Source: https://theafricadebate.com/news-2018/2018/an-interview-with-ibukun-awosika Speaking in an interview about herself (April 18 2018)

“To save all we must risk all.”

Friedrich Schiller Fiesco

Fiesco, in Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6783 (1783) Act IV, Sc vi

“I think that saving a little child
And bringing him to his own,
Is a derned sight better business
Than loafing around the throne.”

John Hay (1838–1905) American statesman, diplomat, author and journalist

"Little Breeches", Pike County Ballads and Other Pieces (1873).

“I have drawn strength from the stars, and the cosmic sources beyond the universe. You know nothing of my power. It is enough — more than enough — to keep Atlantis steady on its foundation, impregnable against the attacks of Dagon's breed.”

Henry Kuttner (1915–1958) American author

Short fiction, The Spawn Of Dagon (1938)
Context: "They dare'd not invade the palace while the globe shone, for the light-rays would have killed them. … This island-continent would have gone down beneath the sea long ago if I hadn't pitted my magic and my science against that of the children of Dagon. They are masters of the earthquake, and Atlantis rests on none too solid a foundation. Their power is sufficient to sink Atlantis forever beneath the sea. But within that room" — Zend nodded toward the curtain that hid the sea-bred horrors — "in that room there is power far stronger than theirs. I have drawn strength from the stars, and the cosmic sources beyond the universe. You know nothing of my power. It is enough — more than enough — to keep Atlantis steady on its foundation, impregnable against the attacks of Dagon's breed. They have destroyed other lands before Atlantis."

Zend explaining the Spawn of Dagon to Elak