Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.
Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny.
There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
The Management of money is, in much, the management of self. If heaven allotted to each man seven guardian angels, five of them, at least, would be found night and day hovering over his pockets.
That man will never be a perfect gentleman who lives only with gentlemen. To be a man of the world we must view that world in every grade and in every perspective.
Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.
Nothing really immoral is ever permanently popular.
The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
Nothing ages like laziness.
The Almighty proves his existence by creating.
Every great man exhibits the talent of organization or construction, whether it be in a poem, a philosophical system, a policy, or a strategy. And without method there is no organization nor construction.
It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgement on the few.
Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.
Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.
The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
The law is a gun, which if it misses a pigeon always kills a crow; if it does not strike the guilty, it hits someone else. As every crime creates a law, so in turn every law creates a crime.
The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.
I did not fall into love - I rose into love.
Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius.
There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History reveals men's deeds and their outward characters, but not themselves. There is a secret self that has its own life, unpenetrated and unguessed.
When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.
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