Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

I never could do anything with figures, never had any talent for mathematics, never accomplished anything in my efforts at that rugged study, and to-day the only mathematics I know is multiplication, and the minute I get away up in that, as soon as I reach nine times seven- [He lapsed into deep thought, trying to figure nine times seven. Mr. McKelway whispered the answer to him.] I've got it now. It's eighty-four. Well, I can get that far all right with a little hesitation. After that I am uncertain, and I can't manage a statistic.

A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful.

He liked to like people, therefore people liked him.