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.

A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune.

He that cannot reason is a fool.

A man's reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.

The surest foundation of a manufacturing concern is quality. After that, and a long way after, comes cost.

Any idea that is held in the mind, that is emphasized, that is either feared or revered, will begin at once to cloth itself in the most convenient and appropriate form available.

The secret of happiness is renunciation.