"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."

"Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man."

"The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been, the more accurate will be his judgment of what is to be."

"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish."

"A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented."