Any fool can waste, any fool can muddle, but it takes something of a man to save, and the more he saves the more of a man does it make of him.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;!

One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person.

Delight in the little things.