Friendless I can never be, for all mankind are my kindred, and I am on ill terms with no one member of my great family.

There is no such passion in human nature, as the passion for gravy among commercial gentlemen.

The two commonest mistakes in judgement ... are, the confounding of shyness with arrogance - a very common mistake indeed - and the not understanding that an obstinate nature exists in a perpetual struggle with itself.

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

... Herbert said of himself, with his eyes fixed on the fire, that he thought he must have committed a felony and forgotten the details of it, he felt so dejected and guilty.

I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me.

Satisfy yourself beyond all doubt that you are qualified for the course to which you now aspire.....and try to achieve something in your own land before you venture on a strange one.