Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man.

Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man.

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become read more

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are -- and have always been.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. read more

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.

If wisdom were offered me with the provision that I should keep it shut
up and refrain from declaring it, read more

If wisdom were offered me with the provision that I should keep it shut
up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in
owning anything unshared.

Nothing recedes like success.

Nothing recedes like success.

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody
else has thought.

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody
else has thought.

When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it
yet.

When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it
yet.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative
effort.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative
effort.