Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would; every inebriate would if he could.
If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go.
You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.
Reputation is for time; character is for eternity.
You must make your own opportunities.
The evil of infatuation is illustrated by the drunkard.