It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.

Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both.

Success is the most natural thing in the world. The person who does not succeed has placed himself in opposition to the laws of the Universe.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Growth is often a painful process.