Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it.
Giving advice isn't as risky as people say. Few ever take it anyway.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.