The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before.

Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.

Wherever you may find the inventor, you may give him wealth or you may take from him all that he has; and he will go on inventing. He can no more help inventing that he can help thinking or breathing.

America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.