A newspaper is a mirror reflecting the public, a mirror more or less defective, but still a mirror.

Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.

[St. Patrick] was a terror to any snake that came in his path, whether it was the cold, slimy reptile sliding along the ground or the more dangerous snake that oppresses men through false teachings. And he drove the snakes out of the minds of men, snakes of superstition and brutality and cruelty.

If you don't hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence, there is no need of writing a second one.

Wine is the most noble and beneficial of alcoholic drinks. Wine is for the sedentary whose work is thinking. Natural wines have been used without drunkenness by the millions of human beings for ages. They supply with iron, tannin and vitamins.

While the fool is enjoying the little he has, I will hunt for more. The way to hunt for more is to utilize your odd moments...the man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life.

Time is the one thing we possess. Our success depends upon the use of our time, and its by-product, the odd moment.