Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich today and poor tomorrow they may have something tangible to fall back upon. This provision might save many persons from misery, who by some unexpected turn of fortune have lost all their means.

Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. If a man has not the pluck to keep on advertising, all the money he has already spent is lost.

Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail.

The orthodox faith painted God as a revengeful being, and yet people talk about loving such a being.

Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.

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

We cannot all see alike, but we can all do good.