When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.
The secret of salvation is this: keep sweet, be useful, and keep busy.
Enthusiasm is like having two right hands.
When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.