Instead of spending money, I earned it.

I risked much, but I made much.

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.

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

Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.

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.

The noblest art is that of making others happy