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.
The noblest art is that of making others happy.
More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.
Every crowd has a silver lining.
If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.
Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed.
You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out.
If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Energy and patience in business are two indispensable elements of success.
There is no class of people in the world, who have such good memories as creditors.
Whatever you do, do it ardently.
Advertising is like learning – a little is a dangerous thing. If a man has not the pluck to keep on advertising, all the money he has already spent is lost.
No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story.
I risked much, but I made much.
Instead of spending money, I earned it.
Small does of advertising result in nothing, obviously. It’s like giving a sick person half the medicine he needs. It just causes more suffering. Give the whole dose, and the cure will be certain and decisive.
Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.