It is a terrible situation when the Government, to insure the National Wealth, must go in debt and submit to ruinous interest charges, at the hands of men, who control the fictitious value of gold. Interest is the invention of Satan.

I am much less interested in what is called God's word than in God's deeds. All bibles are man-made.

Two per cent. is genius, and ninety-eight per cent. is hard work.

Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.

Education isn't play--and it can't be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work.

I failed my way to success.

Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they've got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.