A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe.

Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.