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

Opportunity comes like a snail, and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone.

Writing good editorials is chiefly telling the people what they think, not what you think.

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

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

Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting.

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