We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.
Black men built the railroads, not blue eyes.
It is a luxury to be understood.
The key to every man is his thought.
He only is rich who owns the day.
So use all that is called Fortune. Most men gamble with her, and gain all, and lose all, as her wheel rolls. But do thou leave as unlawful these winnings, and deal with Cause and Effect, the Chancellors of God.