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.

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.

Achievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up.

Experience seems to be the only thing of any value that's widely distributed.

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.

Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.

It is better to rely on yourself than on your friends.