A gamester, as such, is the cool, calculating, essential spirit of concentrated, avaricious selfishness.

The great men of earth are the shadow men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever through their undying thoughts. Thus living, though their footfalls are heard no more, their voices are louder than the thunder, and unceasing as the flow of tides or air.

Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it.

There is a power in the human mind ... to see things as they are ... but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.

It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

That state of mind in which a man is impressed with invisible things is faith.