Friends:

4 Hard-core-real Lasting Advantages:

A deity once asked the Buddha
What is good even when one is old?
What is good when established?
What is human's most precious treasure?
What is hard for thieves to steal? 

The blessed Buddha answered:
1: Morality is good even when one is old!

2: Faith is good when firmly established!


3: Understanding is human's most precious treasure!


4: Merit well earned is hard for thieves to steal!


More on these 4 Everlasting Advantages:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Mighty_is_Morality.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Faith_Summary.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Understanding_is_the_Chief.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/punna.htm

Source: Samyutta Nikāya I 36

4 x Good!