The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

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

Compliments and flattery oftenest excite my contempt by the pretension they imply; for who is he that assumes to flatter me? To compliment often implies an assumption of superiority in the complimenter. It is, in fact, a subtle detraction.

I have seen some whose consciences, owing undoubtedly to former indulgence, had grown to be as irritable as spoilt children, and at length gave them no peace. They did not know when to swallow their cud, and their lives of course yielded no milk.

What recommends commerce to me is its enterprise and bravery. It does not clasp its hands and pray to Jupiter.

The experience of every past moment but belies the faith of each present.