The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent anybody with a box of tricks to prove its divine authority.

In the long run no individual prospers beyond the measure of his faith.

I do not like the phrase: Never cross a bridge till you come to it. The world is owned by men who cross bridges on their imaginations miles and miles in advance of the procession.

If advertising encourages people to live beyond their means, so does matrimony.

Much brass has been sounded and many cymbals tinkled in the name of advertising; but the advertisements which persuade people to act are written by men who have an abiding respect for the intelligence of their readers, and a deep sincerity regarding the merits of the goods they have to sell.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.