Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.

The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.

Some one has said that we are moving so fast that when plans are being made to perform some great feat, these plans are broken into by a youth who enters and says, “I have done it."

Not only does beauty fade, but it leaves a record upon the face as to what became of it.

Old ways will always remain unless some one invents a new way and then lives and dies for it