There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy.

What we prepare for is what we shall get

The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature.

It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces it to use, and helps to lay the foundations of a new State, finds a profit in the increasing value of land as the new State grows up.

Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals.

It is not the function of the State to make men happy. They must make themselves happy in their own way, and at their own risk. The functions of the State lie entirely in the conditions or chances under which the pursuit of happiness is carried on.