It isn't what a man's got in the bank, but what he's got in his head, that makes him a great merchant..

Never ask a man what he knows, but what he can do..

Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible..

Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them..

Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously bestowed is money invested..

If there's anything worse than knowing too little, it's knowing too much. Education will broaden a narrow mind, but there's no known cure for a big h….

The great secret of good management is to be more alert to prevent a man's going wrong than eager to punish him for it..

Every fellow is really two men -- what he is and what he might be; and you're never absolutely sure which you're going to bury till he's dead..

A tactful man can pull the stinger from a bee without getting stung..

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage..

I remember reading once that some fellows use language to conceal thought; but it's been my experience that a good many more use it instead of though….

Never threaten, because a threat is a promise to pay that it isn't always convenient to meet, but if you don't make it good it hurts your credit. Sav….

When you make a mistake, don't make a second one -- keeping it to yourself. Own up. The time to sort out rotten eggs is at the nest. The deeper you h….

The aim of the college, for the individual student, is to eliminate the need in his life for the college; the task is to help him become a self-educa….

Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it..

The easiest way in the world to make enemies is to hire friends..

Say less than the other fellow and listen more than you talk; for when a man's listening he isn't telling on himself and he's flattering the fellow w….

When the tongue lies, the eyes tell the truth..

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things ….

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction..

Believe me, it is no time for words when the wounds are fresh and bleeding; no time for homilies when the lightning's shaft has smitten, and the man ….