There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it

I began to learn what poverty meant. It was burnt in my heart then that my father had to beg for work and there came the resolve that I would cure that when I got to be a man.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.

Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.

The public only knows one side of [Mark Mark Twain] - the amusing part. Little does it suspect that he was a man of strong convictions upon political and social questions and a moralist of no mean order.