He that succeeds makes an important thing of the immediate task.
One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.
The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.
Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.
Indifference and inaction must always pay a penalty.
Achievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up.