Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.

With the young man starting in business, let him understand the value of money by earning it.

How were the receipts today in Madison Square Garden ?

If I was not a remarkably modest man, I should probably brag a little, and say that I had done what no American ever before accomplished by visiting the queen at her palace twice within eight days.

Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.

Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches.

The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.