To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

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

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

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

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.

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.