When I was a small boy I often went to the woods to lie on the grass in the shade. Somehow I had come to believe the earth could give me wisdom, but it did not. Yet I learned a little about animals and learned it is not always brave to make a stand. It is often foolish. There is a time for courage and a time for flight.

Much of command is the ability to take command.

There have always been hard times. There have always been wars and troubles -famine, disease and such-like -and some folks are born with money, some with none. In the end it is up to the man what he becomes, and none of those other things matters. It is character that counts.

Trade is much superior to piracy. You can rob and kill a man but once, but you can cheat him again and again.

It is better to fear a little. One is cautious then.

Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.

You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.