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.

Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any fool can muddle; but it takes something more of a man to save and the more he saves the more of a man he makes of himself. Waste and extravagance unsettle a man's mind for every crisis; thrift, which means some form of self-restraint, steadies it.

I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!

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

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man!

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.