As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.

Taking from others never results in prosperity. If we steal from others, life will steal from us. There is an incredible abundance on this planet. True prosperity begins with feeling good about yourself and about the choices you make. Life is here for us. Life is here to support us in every way. We give out, we get back. Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

Never teach your child to be cunning or you may be certain you will be one of the very first victims of his shrewdness.

Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Successful writers learn at last what they should learn at first,--to be intelligently simple.