True economy consists in always making the income exceed the outgo.

A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained.

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.

As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told.

Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the outgo.

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