Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.
There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.
Let a man once see himself as others see him, and all enthusiasm vanishes from his heart.
Every life is its own excuse for being.
It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing.
Strength and strength’s will are the supreme ethic. All else are dreams from hospital beds, the sly, crawling goodness of sneaking souls.
Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.
Life is a paradox. Every truth has its counterpart which contradicts it; and every philosopher supplies the logic his own undoing.
Freedom is the supreme good; freedom from self imposed limitation.
Not only does beauty fade, but it leaves a record upon the face as to what became of it.
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
Allow motion to equal emotion.
Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.
If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.
Fortitude: That quality of mind which does not care what happens so long as it does not happen to us.
Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.
The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.