"I am not much of a mathematician," said the cigarette, "but I can add to a man's nervous troubles, I can subtract from his physical energy, I can multiply his aches and pains, I can divide his mental powers, I take interest from his work, and discount his chances for success."

No one can afford to look downward for his enjoyments.

Rome endured as long as there were Romans. America will endure as long as we remain American in spirit and in thought.

The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.

Whatever is not nailed down is mine." This is the motto of the exploiter. "Whatever can be pried loose is not nailed down." This is the second maxim in a country where people are rich, caring little in their present prosperity what shall become of the future.

There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.