The true epic of our times is not "Arm's and the Man," but "Tools and the Man"--an infinitely wider kind of epic.

There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.

The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a people of wildstrong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noblemindedness, of genius.

History is the essence of innumerable biographies.

For man is not the creature and product of Mechanism; but, in a far truer sense, its creator and producer.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.