Be methodical if you would succeed in business, or in anything. Have a work for every moment, and mind the moment's work.

The same disappointments in life will chasten and refine one man's spirit, embitter another's.

Criminals are opportunists. If you've got a booming market, they're going to get away with more fraud.

Strive for excellence in your calling, but as a subsidiary to this: Do not fail to enrich your whole capital as man. To be a giant, and not a dwarf in your profession, you must always be growing. The man that has ceased to go up intellectually has begun to go down.

The easiest way for me to lose interests is to know too much of what I want to say before I begin.

There is a wide difference between general acquaintance and companionship. You may salute a man and exchange compliments with him daily, yet know nothing of his character, his inmost tastes arid feelings.

Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk.