The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.

In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.

Hope is the best part of our riches.

Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.