I think it is conceded that I generally do pretty big things as a manager, am audacious in my outlays and risks, give much for little money, and make….

Energy and patience in business are two indispensable elements of success..

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much..

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the outgo..

Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd..

If I was not a remarkably modest man, I should probably brag a little, and say that I had done what no American ever before accomplished by visiting ….

I am a showman by profession... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me..

If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize..

Many people are gullible, and we can expect this to continue..

He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species..

A salary was not sufficient for me..

Every crowd has a silver lining..

Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail..

Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to thi….

Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich today and p….

The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success..

Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience..

If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star..

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..

To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter..