Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public.
Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.
Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience.
Money is in some respects life’s fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
The plan of “counting the chickens before they are hatched” is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age.
The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.
A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.
Advertising is like learning – a little is a dangerous thing.
I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of the Prince of Wales.
Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.
The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.