Poetry implies the whole truth. Philosophy expresses a particle of it.

Renew thyself completely each day.

It is not enough to be a hardworking person. Equally important is the job you are working at.

There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness. When sometimes I am reminded that the mechanics and shopkeepers stay in their shops not only all the forenoon, but all the afternoon too, sitting with crossed legs, so many of them - as if the legs were made to sit upon, and not to stand or walk upon.

A thoroughbred business man cannot enter heartily upon the business of life without first looking into his accounts.

I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.

Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it.