Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but by ascending a little, you may often look over it altogether. So it is with our moral improvement: we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit, which could have no hold upon us if we ascended into a higher moral atmosphere.

They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome.

It has been said with some meaning that if men would but rest in silence, they might always hear the music of the spheres.

The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out and anticipates any questions... answering them in advance.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live than to be loved by them; and this not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love.