No man can help another without helping himself.

Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.

A man's fortunes are the fruit of his character. A man's friends are his magnetisms.

There is always room for a person of force and they make room for many.

If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps.

Continual failure is a road to success - if you have the strength to go on.

All men are poets at heart. They serve nature for bread, but her loveliness overcomes them sometimes.