Some people are proud of their humility.

As plants take hold, not for the sake of staying, but only that they may climb higher, so it is with men. By every part of our nature we clasp things above us, one after another, not for the sake of remaining where we take hold, but that we may go higher.

Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

Not another flag has such an errand, carrying everywhere, the world around, such hope for freedom such glorious tidings.

The dog is the god of frolic.