That 95 per cent. fail of those who start in business upon their own account seems incredible, and yet such are said to be the statistics upon the subject.

I can't afford to pay them any other way.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.

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.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.