That Edison or Lincoln could have been Edison or Lincoln after four years of Harvard is improbable.

Among the aimless, unsuccessful or worthless, you often hear talk about 'killing time.' The man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life. While the man who is destined to success is the man who makes time live by making it useful.

[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.

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

The leading characteristic of the savage state is its refusal or avoidance of industry.

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.