for the poor the whole world is a self-constituted critic; your smallest action is open to debate. No secret place of your soul is safe from invasion.

a few hours with Beethoven are more restful than sleep.

Life means opportunity, and the thing men call death is the last wonderful, beautiful adventure.

Life is beset by many annoyances, and those that stand out above all are the life- insurance and advertising agents.

The small perplexities of small minds eddy and boil about you. Confident from the experience that has led you out of these same dangers, you attack each problem as it appears, unafraid.

Imagination is a valuable asset in business and she has a sister, Understanding, who also serves. Together they make a splendid team and business problems dissolve and the impossible is accomplished by their ministrations.... Imagination concerning the world's wants and the individual's needs should be the Alpha and Omega of self-education.

For too many of us ease is far more soul-destroying than trouble.