The mass are animal, in pupilage, and near chimpanzee.

Meet your failure nobly, and it will not differ from success.

Successful is the person who has lived well, laughed often and loved much, who has gained the respect of children, who leaves the world better than they found it, who has never lacked appreciation for the earth's beauty, who never fails to look for the best in others or give the best of themselves.

Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate; debt, which consumes so much time, which so cripples and disheartens a great spirit with cares that seem so base, is a preceptor whose lessons cannot be foregone, and is needed most by those who suffer from it most.

Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.