I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.

There are two kinds of discontented in this world, the discontented that works and the discontented that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants and the second loses what it has. There is no cure for the first but success and there is no cure at all for the second. The very worst of my vices and bad habits will abate of themselves if they are brought to an accounting every day.

If I persist long enough I will win.

First, recognize that you are not a sheep who will be satisfied with only a few nibbles of dry grass or with following the herd as they wander aimlessly, bleating and whining, all of their days. Separate yourself now from the multitude of humanity so that you will be able to control your own destiny. Remember that what others think and say and do need never influence what you think and say and do.

And so long as I can laugh, never will I be poor. This then, is one of nature's greatest gifts and I will waste it no more.

If I persist, if I continue to try, if I continue to charge forward, I will succeed!

Many succumb to despair and fail without realizing that they already possess all the tools needed to acquire great wealth.