True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.

I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of the Prince of Wales.

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.

Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.

Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs.

No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story.

Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed.