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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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