It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

[Water is] the only drink for a wise man.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

It takes two to speak the truth–one to speak and the other to hear.

I have learned this at least by my experiment: if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.