He that cannot reason is a fool.

A sunny disposition is worth more than [a monetary] fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind like the body can be moved from the shade into sunshine.

One great cause of failure of young men in business is lack of concentration.

Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do"

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.

The man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment of ends.