I don't believe in principle, but I do in interest.

To fail at all is to fail utterly.

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself, who would not exchange the finest show for the poorest reality, who does not so love his work that he is not only glad to give himself for it, but finds rather a gain than a sacrifice in the surrender.

To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life.

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.

Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm, eloquence produces conviction for the moment; but it is only by truth to Nature and the everlasting institutions of mankind that those abiding influences are won that enlarge from generation to generation.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.