Achievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up.
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their meaning and spelling and pronunciation is imperative. If a man knows the language well, he can find out about all else.
Whether it's marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.
Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
Once you have sold a customer, make sure he is satisfied with your goods. Stay with him until the goods are used up or worn out. Your product may be of such long life that you will never sell him again, but he will sell you and your product to his friends.