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.

Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.

Avoid letting temper block progress-keep cool.

Always remember that there is a law of compensation which operates just as infallibly as gravitation, and that victory goes at last where it ought to, and that this is just as true of individuals as of nations.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than anyone else.

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.